In the 1980's I was somewhat a sartorial dandy. All of my suits were custom made and all of the pants were made without belt loops. Consequently, I needed something to hold my pants up. Over the years I accumulated over 60 pairs of Trafalgar braces. I don't wear them any longer...but I am getting a wall display case made to display about 20 pairs of them. Some of them are truly works of art and they deserve better than to be hidden somewhere in a box. They too are an accumulation, it was never my intent to have a 'collection'.
It's like the guy that goes out to his garage one day and sees that It's full of 'stuff'. He never intended to collect anything...he woke up one day and sees all the stuff he accumulated.