š¬ 10 Celebrities with Strange, Wildly Expensive Collections
"From Tom Hanksā vintage typewriters to Nicolas Cageās shrunken heads, these 10 celebrity collections are strange, expensive, and totally extra. Which one surprises you most?"
8/14/20251 min read


If you were rich and famous, what would you collect? Dream cars? Priceless art? Or maybe something totally random, but in the most extra way possible?
Turns out, celebrities are just like us⦠if we had millions to blow on our hobbies.
Here are 10 stars with collections that are both strange and wildly expensive:
1ļøā£ Nicolas Cage ā Collects shrunken pygmy heads (yes, really) and haunted properties. šŖ¦
2ļøā£ Johnny Depp ā Owns a massive Barbie collection, including rare editions like BeyoncĆ©, Elvis, and Lindsay Lohan dolls. He even acts out scenes with them. š
3ļøā£ Rod Stewart ā Spent 30 years building a model train city inspired by 1940s Manhattan and Chicago. š
4ļøā£ Tom Hanks ā Has over 300 vintage typewriters from around the world, still uses them, and even gifts them. āØļø
5ļøā£ Reese Witherspoon ā Collects antique embroidered dresses and accessories as part of her Southern heritage. š
6ļøā£ Kiefer Sutherland ā Owns more than 100 rare guitars and plays them regularly. šø
7ļøā£ PenĆ©lope Cruz ā Obsessed with coat hangers in all shapes and designs, appreciating their ācraftsmanship.ā šŖ
8ļøā£ Angelina Jolie ā Collects antique and custom knives⦠and has passed the hobby down to her kids. š”ļø
9ļøā£ Elton John ā Owns 15,000+ pairs of sunglasses (yes, there are rooms for them) and over 7,000 photographs. š¶ļø
š Steve Martin ā A fine art collector who also has a stash of rare banjos. šŖ
Bonus celebrity quirks: Quentin Tarantino has vintage board games, Amanda Seyfried collects taxidermy animals, and Martha Stewart has so many baskets she built a shed just for them.
So, if you had unlimited cash, what would YOU collect?