LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Many people across the world enjoy collecting items. Laramie resident Milton Ontiveroz has a collection that’s almost as unique and funny as the man himself. For the last 23 years ...

That’s substantially more than the Guinness World Record for the largest pencil collection of 24,000, which has been held by Emilio Arenas from Uruguay since 2020, the AP also said. Bartholmey said ...

Aaron Bartholmey’s pencil collection is mostly made up of advertising pencils, but he also collects political pencils. “Anything with a date on it really catches my eyes,” he said. When he started ...

COLFAX, Iowa — A central Iowa man is hoping to erase the world record for the largest pencil collection, the culmination of a hobby that began when he was in the first grade. Bartholmey is hoping to ...

A Colfax man’s collection of nearly 70,000 pencils has been confirmed as a Guinness World Record after being counted in July. Aaron Bartholmey says most of his collection is made up of advertising ...

Miss Peggy Bennett had a surprise for her first-grade class in 1993. She passed out pencils with colorful designs as Christmas gifts to her students in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The gesture turned a ...

A central Iowa man hopes to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pencil collection today. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax estimates he has about 70,000 pencils in his collection, which he’s been ...