Hit 100 vintage lamps from flea markets this weekend, didn't even mean to collect them

I was just sorting through my garage and realized I have exactly 100 lamps now, all bought from flea markets around Ohio over the last 6 years. Started with a cool old brass one I found for $5 in Columbus, and it just snowballed from there. My wife thinks I'm nuts, and honestly I can't argue with her since we only have 4 rooms in our house. The weirdest part is I only paid more than $20 for maybe 10 of them, and one of those was a 1950s ceramic rooster lamp I haggled down to $35 from $50 at a swap meet near Cincinnati. Does anyone else have a random number they hit from thrifting that surprised them, or am I the only one with a lamp army?

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uma_baker992d ago

My lamp collection somehow hit 47 before I even realized what was happening... just little lamps from every thrift store I walked into for like three years. My partner walked in one day and asked if we were running a dimly lit bed and breakfast out of our one bedroom apartment. The weird thing is I don't even use most of them, they just sit on shelves looking pretty and collecting dust like little glass soldiers. A 1950s ceramic rooster lamp for $35 sounds like a steal though, those things go for way more online usually.

chen.fiona2d ago

Feel you SO hard on not even using them. I have a collection of old salt and pepper shakers that just sit there looking cute and I literally could not tell you why I keep buying more. It's like a compulsion but for dust collectors.