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 ...

PB: What was the first time you remember thinking, “Wow, pencil collecting is something I really want to be part of ”? Well, I was going to auctions quite a bit back in the mid-’80s, and I was looking ...

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 ...

THE RECORD BOOKS. I NEVER DREAMED I’D BE GETTING TO THIS POINT. THIS IS KIND OF AMAZING. AARON BARTHELMY WON’T SETTLE WITH BEING NUMBER TWO. HE SAYS HE HAS ABOUT 70,000 WOODEN ADVERTISING PENCILS. THE ...

People collect all sorts of things, and a man in Iowa is now a world record holder because of his collection. Aaron Bartholmey will never run out of pencils. He has tens of thousands of them, and now ...

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 ...

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 ...