Collector's names

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Numismate, Cococephalophile, Glacophile.... If there is a sector where the names are all the more original and exuberant than each other, it is our little world of collecting! No one can escape it, whether you collect coins, carved coconuts or ice cream or yoghurt wrappers, we are (almost) all lucky enough to have a nice little name!

It should be noted that there are over 600 types of collection according to Wikipédia. There is in fact a name for every collector, regardless of their type of collection. These names are often derived from ancient Greek, or Latin.

Some collections may seem strange, but don't be too quick to judge a collector who can take you on a journey into the past with his unusual theme. Does collecting cheese plates (Tyrosophilia) seem ridiculous? Then you forget that the first cheeses appeared in the 1880s, and that they trace the history of our craftsmen and our regions. The same is often true of many types of collections, which become exciting as long as they are told to us with passion.

The same is true of many types of collections.

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We have listed the most common types of collections below.

But for some topics, it is quite difficult to find the name of the collection or the name of the collectors.

So don't hesitate to leave us a comment if you see an error, if you have the answer to one of our questions, or if you think a type of collection would fit in this table 😇

The most common collections

Below you will find a list of the most common collections, with their names, a description and a link to a gallery of illustrative objects.

Collector's items	Name of the collection	Name of the collector
Collection of coins	Numismatist	Numismat
Collection of cameras	Iconomécanophilia Mécaphotophilia	Iconomécanophilist Mécaphotophilist
Collection of african art
Collection of art works
Watch collection	Horologionphilia	Horologionphilist
banknotes Collection		banknote collector
Collection of capsules and wirehoods	Placomusophilie	Placomusophile
Collection of postal cards	Cartophilie	Cartophile
Collection of film and movie accessories	Cinephilia	Cinéphile
Collection of shells	Conchyliophilia	Conchyliophilist
Collection of fossils	Paleontology	Paleontologist
Collection of knives	Cultelluphilia	Cultelluphilist
Electro vintage collection
Miniature collection		Figurinist Pixiphilist
Computer hardware collection
Collection of games and toys	Ludophilia	Ludophilist
Collection of video games	Videoludology	Videoludophile
Collection de books	Bibliophilia	Bibliophile
Model collection	Model making	Layout artist
Collection of medals		Medalist
Militaria collections
Collection of minerals	Minéralophilia	Minéralophile
Collection of scale models	Miniaturophilia	Miniaturophilie
Collection of musical instruments	Instrumusaphile	Instrumusaphilie
Collection of promotional items	Publiphilia	Publiphile
Collection of miniature perfumes	Lécythiophilia	Lécythiophile
Collection of religious objects
Collection de photographs	Photophilia	Photoliphilist Photophile
Collection of scientific objects
Collection of Olympic and sports objects	Mémorabilia	Mémorabilist
Collection of stamps	Philatélia	Philatelist
Collection of transport-related objects	Mechanophilia	Mechanophile
Collection of clothing and accessories
Collection of old papers