July 2009, Rachel Dovey, a writer from Paste Magazine made the trek from Seattle to Bellingham to interview the directors of American Collectors, a new documentary film about people who collect things. The hour long film is no antique road show, the primal question that directors Terri Krantz and Bob Ridgely ask is, WHY do we collect things.
Bob Ridgley is a passionate collector of bobbing head dolls and Terri Krantz has been buying and selling antiques for 25 years. They bring their combined perspective on collecting and introduce you to a cast of colorful collectors, from an elegant purse collector, an antique tractor collector, to a woman who collects bubble gum machine jewelry.
The film runs the from the slightly disturbing guy whose home is so full of toys that he has to have his interview outside, to the jovial and charming Larry McPhail also know as Ax Man who has a collection of over 1000 axes. McPhail, the runaway favorite charactor in the film is an endearing fellow who has one of the most unusual collections and has been featured on the history channel as well as in American Collectors.
The article appears in the September issue of Paste Magazine and a four minute clip of American Collectors featuring Larry the Ax man can be seen at PASTEMAGAZINE.COM/September2009.
You can see a trailer of the film at American Collectors, a film about people who collect things
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