TV actor Corbin Bernsen may be known for starring in shows like L.A. Law and Psych. But off-screen he is an avid collector, specifically snow globes.
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Speaking with People, Bernsen explained that he explained that he started collecting snow globes back in the 1990s.
"There's a story to how it happened and it has to do with L.A. Law and promoting the TV series at affiliates, when they'd give me little gifts at their station — hats, t-shirts, snow globes," he says. "Which, by the end of L.A. Law had turned into 25 globes."
And he just never stopped.
"All of a sudden I went, oh wow, this is a collection. It looks cool," he says. "So then I started buying them everywhere I went. Then of course eBay came around, and that kind of destroyed it because it was really easy to buy them. But I still go like to antique stores, or the Rose Bowl and other flea markets to search for them, because eBay is too easy. It's like shooting fish in a barrel."
The TV actor says there is one snow globe that he still wants. And his friend has it. It is incredibly rare and expensive.
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"There's a guy that has got an incredible collection, a little better than mine probably. He's actually repairing a lot of my ones that are not in the best shape. And he has the crown jewel of snow globes, which is the Paris Expo in 1896 of the Eiffel Tower. It was one of the very first souvenirs," he says. "It was certainly one of the first ever snow globes. But it has a hefty price tag on it!"
But he is still considering buying it.
"I'm debating like, do I buy it? Because it's the holy grail of globes. But is it more important for me to have something on the horizon? Because right now it's still this little treasure that's just over the hill and keeps me marching forward."
The TV icon is also considering donating his collection.
"I'm also considering selling the collection to someone who promises to put it on display for everyone to see, or even creating my own little museum that somehow generates enough money to keep it going," he says. He thinks the small Hudson Valley, N.Y., town that he lives in would be the perfect place for an eclectic snow globe museum.
