Ann atkins set the record for the largest collection. The measurement was confirmed by dentist silvia locklair. The brochure contains a twopage history of the guinness book of world records. Mar 25, 2019 this mexico city resident already has a lot of stuff, but you know whats crazy. This guy holds the guinness world record for collecting. In most cases, i have the boxes, books, and booklets. Bernds son had asked him to submit an attempt after seeing this record listed in the 2015 edition of guinness world records. Ariel fischman with his guinness world records award and somethough. The collecting of guinness memorabilia is a fascinating pastime. Worlds largest garfield collection holds the guinness. The largest collection of comic books includes 101,822 unique items and is owned by bob bretall usa of mission viejo, california, usa.
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Guinness world records is a reference book published each year. Bob bretall holds the guinness world record for largest collection of comic books published by mat inferiorego elfring on sep 9, 2014 21. Gaar box sets are the big ticket item of the music industry. But they seem to forget that the original purpose of the book was to sell guinness.
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The following year, it launched in the us, and sold 70,000 copies. Dec 24, 20 man wins guinness world record for the most videogames with 10,607 and counting. That doesnt even count the stuff that guinness book of world records doesnt consider collectors items. Brochure from the opening of the new steel pier in atlantic city, new jersey, which featured the guinness book of world records exhibit and theatre show. And with so much material to find, its hardly surprising that new and previously unseen guinntiques turn up on a regular basis. His interviews and articles have been published in newspapers and magazines from all over the world with different languages, some of which are in arabic, english, german, russian, urdu, malayalam, hindi, georgian, pashto, sindhi. Man wins guinness world record for the most videogames with. Complete with a captivating new design, this new edition has been redesigned to accommodate the new on the record feature, which looks at some of the people behind the amazing records. Welcome to the guinness book of records collectors website the superlative, record breaking guide to collecting the guinness book of records, guinness world records and other recordsrelated publications and ephemera. James began collecting magazines in the early 90s when he was a script writer for mtv europe and has amassed a huge collection highlighting. The binding on the guinness book of world records is very poor. Jun 28, 2019 the latest articles about guinness world records from mashable, the media and tech company. I applied for the guinness book for my kids so that. It is also one of the most often stolen books from public libraries in the united states.
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