40 pieces and counting...

[jedichef]

I currently have 40 pieces, including some of the smaller paper items. My very first piece was the headless maiden tankard i bought at a garage sale for $3. I had first heard of Rumph and his pottery when i saw images of the Star Wars tankards on a SW forum. I think my next piece was the Obi-Wan tankard. I've hit almost every single antique shop within 50 miles of me. I've been able to find amazing deals on a few. My favorite piece that I own is probably the Bogart Decanter. One of the best deals I've had was the Unicorn Pitcher (blue glaze version) for $20 shipped to me by a lady in the midwest who was selling a bunch of random unicorn items. I happened to see a picture of the Rumph piece and immediately pounced on it, asking if she wouldn't mind shipping it to me here in California even though she was looking to sell it locally to someone who would be able to pay cash and pick it up in person. My current list of pieces:

Beauty and the Beast Tankard
Bloody Mary Tankard
Chewbacca
Comix Book #4
Cops & Dopers (2000 reprint)
Cross-eyed Tankard
Democrat Tankard (variant with donkey inside)
Dr. Rumph's Slyme Factory sticker label.
The Duke Tankard
Eartha Erogenous bottle
Elvis Commemorative Stamp envelopes (Set of 3; White, Blue, Goldenrod)
Gorilla Tankard
Hang Tag
Hangover Tankard
Harvey Wallbanger
Headless Maiden Tankard
Humphrey Bogart Decanter
Insatiable Satyr Cologne bottle with original (as claimed by seller) cologne still inside
Insatiable Satyr Cologne box
Laurel and Hardy Tankard
Lone Ranger Bong
Mini Grim Reaper bong
Mini Pete the Dragon Bong
Monsterland #12 magazine with Rumph Article
Nicotineous and the Dragon Ashtray
Nixon Tankard
Obi-Wan
Republican Tankard
Rumph Pinback Button "Have You Seen A Rumph! Lately?"
Rumph Store Announcement
Splatter Bird
Spock
Stone Throwing Ogre (with stone)
Superman
Unicorn mug (1975 Mind Circus)
Unicorn Mug (blue glaze)
Unicorn Mug (brown glaze)
Unicorn Pitcher
W.C. Fields Tankard
Weedoneous, Cigarette Eating Creature Ashtray

My grail items, the items I want most of all:
Orc Ear
The Duke bong
Magic Age of Rumph Catalog
Spiro Agnew Tankard
Beastly Bar/Barbaric Bookshelf
ET Bank
Owl in Wizards Cap

Anyone care to share their collection biography?

[jedichef]

Updated my list (finally) with newly and not-so-newly acquired items. Looking to be adding a few more in the coming week or so. Not that anyone will actually be reading this post...

[jedichef]

Okay, i've updated my list again, but AGAIN, i don't think anyone actually reads anything here.

[rumphylstyltskyn]

well, I'll be checking in occasionally and look forward to seeing the progress of your collection. my first was the headless maiden and now I have the Eartha, both eBay purchases. my first, known, exposure was on eBays Q&A chat. a regular had on of the stiens and wanted to know what it was. she ended up selling it in a monthly 'just for fun' category listing that we used to call Butt Ugly Auctions, which have since been replaced by H-O-O monthly auctions.

[jedichef]

H-O-O?

[jedichef]

updated my collection list in the first post

[jhwdesigns]

Wow! Nice collection. I've recently started to reoccumulate a few pieces, you know, just the usual stuff you see on ebay. Have picked up some pretty good deals though. Back in the days of the R. Faire, early 70's, had some nice stuff. Always made a point to stop by, see Jim and buy a few pieces. I particularly liked his hand made ogre heads, and kick myself for letting them get away. Basically irreplacable stuff, all hand signed. Bummer, huh. Oh well, I'm just happy to have a few of my favorite tankards to sit around. Always good conversation pieces.Hey, I think you might have said you had a scan of the symbols page from the catalog. Any luck there? Thanks and regards, jw.

[jedichef]

added two more pieces to my collection, a Rumph Button which i had not seen nor heard of before, and the Lone Ranger Bong. JHW, still looking for those scans...