LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Many people across the world enjoy collecting items. Laramie resident Milton Ontiveroz has a collection that’s almost as unique and funny as the man himself. For the last 23 years ...

Aaron Bartholmey, of Colfax, invited the community to look at his pencil collection as he counted every single one over the summer. At the time, the Guinness World Record for such a collection sat ...

A central Iowa man hopes to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pencil collection today. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax estimates he has about 70,000 pencils in his collection, which he’s been ...

BEAVERTON -- Pencils in the garage, in the office, in the storage room. Pencils in boxes and tin buckets and plastic drawers. Bill Watson, 90, has collected 73,980 pencils over the past 23 years.

PB: What was the first time you remember thinking, “Wow, pencil collecting is something I really want to be part of ”? Well, I was going to auctions quite a bit back in the mid-’80s, and I was looking ...

Ben Heine has been taking photos and drawing for nearly 10 years. The artist mashes up illustrations and photography in his Flickr series titled “Pencil Vs. Camera”, overlaying pencil drawing on top ...

Collections that reveal our passions remain a popular part of many a house’s interior decor. Helga Ebejer’s apartment is not only home to her family and her cat; it also houses a massive pencil ...

COLFAX, Iowa — A central Iowa man is hoping to erase the world record for the largest pencil collection, the culmination of a hobby that began when he was in the first grade. Bartholmey is hoping to ...