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January 23, 2012 04:30:46 PM

Name of nominator:

Brent Birnbaum

Neighborhood, City and State:

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

Supercollector:

Brent Birnbaum

What is your relationship to the collector?:

I'm the collector

Collects:

Vanilla Ice memorabilia

What is special about this collection?:

The only thing more absurd than Vanilla Ice, is collecting Vanilla Ice memorabilia. What is special is over 100 vintage magazines with Ice on the cover, a Vanilla Ice sleeping bag, and so much more. It is all inventoried like a museum would do with numbers - VI-0001, etc. It is also just one third of a much larger obsession - http://thehairytrinityofthebigd.blogspot.com/

Number of items in the collection:

over 300 different things from a billboard to fanny-packs

How and where is the collection stored?:

dozens of bankers boxes stashed all over my home, and even the utensil drawer in the dining room my roommate and girlfriend has pointed out

How does the collection affect other people?:

My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy and likes to tell people I get a package in the mail a day - which is true. Most other people think I'm crazy too. I might agree - I'm probably crazy for blowing all my money on an absurd obsession.

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