The girl who holds the Guinness World Report for the most important assortment of snow globes has revealed that she has spent greater than £100,000 on the ornaments.
Wendy Suen, 50, from China, has been assortment snow globes for 20 years and has held the world report since 2005.
The priciest decoration in her 4,328 robust hoard is a Louis Vuitton snow globe which value her £7,500. In whole, she estimates that she has spent $165,000 (£124,000).
Suen says that whereas she nonetheless has an awesome urge to buy a globe at any time when she sees a design she doesn’t personal, she has now run out of area to maintain them.
Wendy Suen with all of her snow globes
(Wendy Suen / SWNS)
“I’ve organized and displayed my globes into zones with completely different themes, so my snow globe room is full of lovely color globes,” she mentioned.
“I’ve created a snow globe museum and at any time when I’m feeling down or bored, I’ll take a while to have a look at my completely different globes.
“It simply excites me so as to add them into my assortment, the satisfaction of lastly finishing a complete set is so pleasing past phrases.”
Suen’s first snow globe was a present from her husband in 2001. The decoration, which had a 24-carat gold pc mouse inside, impressed the start of a group.
“Snow globes take me away from actuality and let me escape just a little from stress, and produce me again down reminiscence lane,” she mentioned.
Since her assortment has grown to above 3,000 ornaments, Suen says she has grow to be pickier in regards to the globes she buys.
“So as an alternative of shopping for any globe, even ones within the greenback store, I’m now solely drawn to globes with higher craftsmanship, prettier seems, extra inventive designs or it’s a discontinued globe that’s uncommon,” she mentioned.
She additionally seeks out uncommon ornaments from on-line sellers within the hope of finishing full units.
One instance is a set of 5 Disney princess hourglasses, which took her ten years to finish and value round $1,000 apiece.
Suen has now created a 200 sq. foot room in her house in Hong Kong, China, the place cabinets of globes line the partitions from ground to ceiling.
“A snow globe is an emblem of affection,” she mentioned, including that amassing them “provides [her] a function”.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
