Oregon Woman Has 2457 Spoons (Jan, 1931)
Filed under: Just Weird — @ 11:21 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1931
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1931
| Buy on Ebay
Tags: collectors
Oregon Woman Has 2457 Spoons
WHAT is believed to be the largest collection of spoons in the world is owned by Doctor Ella Kyes Dearborn, of Portland, Oregon. The collection contains 2457 spoons which completely cover the entire area of a large six-leaf cabinet, no two spoons being alike. Among the tiniest spoons in the collection are 120 made by a Chinese man that are the veriest fraction of an inch long and were made under a microscope. Her largest spoon is made of aluminum and is 23 inches long with a bowl capacity of one and one-half cups. Doctor Dearborn values her collection at over ten thousand dollars.
Did she name each of them? Because if she did, that would be weird.
Comment by Mike — September 12, 2008 @ 6:42 am
my spoon is too big.
Comment by Latente — September 12, 2008 @ 6:52 am
But sadly, only one mouth.
Comment by Al Bear — September 12, 2008 @ 7:21 am
Spoons = 2457
Life = 0
I’m just being mean, but I had to write it.
Comment by Torgo — September 12, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Oregon Woman Has Spoon Collecting Compulsion! Some of those are neat (the microscopic spoons, the massive 2-foot-long spoon), but the vast majority look extremely dull.
Comment by Erica — September 12, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
Seems like the same type of lady that would have 30 or 40 cats in her house.
Comment by Thundercat — September 12, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
There is no spoon.
Comment by Kruk — September 12, 2008 @ 9:53 pm
Ooo. that cuts me like a knife.
Comment by Toronto — September 12, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
Well? So? What’s the big deal? I just happen to have 2458 spoons in my collection.
Comment by Les Borean — September 18, 2008 @ 12:34 am