I welcome you to the Mansfield Collection, a personal private collection that I have amassed through approximately fifteen years of collecting.  This assemblage has been made public for a number of various reasons, including to share the experience with others who enjoy similar passions, whether through common interest, research or, just simply exploration.

As a child growing up in the 90s, my interests were all things action packed as most probably were. These included G.I Joes, Micro Machines, and Army toys. Later on, I realized the importance of history and cultivated a sense of world culture leading to an interest in buying some of my first items in secondary school, one specifically being a flyssa knife in grade 10, that still remains with me today. This passion continued its journey leading me to attend the University of Pittsburgh where I pursued a degree in anthropology, minoring in the History of Art and Architecture, Museum Studies, and interning at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. There, I diligently learned how to catalog, research, and document incoming inventory. Collecting increased with time thereafter leading to exponential attainment of new items, knowledge, and experience where resources allowed. Today, I continue to build this site off of those same passions that led me on this adventure in the first place. Now, I hope to share all of these items with you publicly to contribute interest, research, and analysis within the realms of these objects and their respective shared history, culture, and meaning.

Also, please, check out my Instagram page, like and follow, at @the_mansfield_collection. I invite you on this journey to explore, cultivate, and learn with me as more items are added.

-Geoffrey Mansfield