Overview
- A Guinness World Records adjudicator verified 11,000 distinct snow globes during a Dec. 16 visit to Josef Kardinal’s home in Nuremberg.
- The German collector previously set the record in 2002, when his catalogued total reached 6,100.
- Kardinal says he began the hobby in 1994, steadily expanding the trove over three decades.
- He cites a range that includes a Coca-Cola phone-shaped globe, a Titanic scene, Santa in a helicopter, and pieces from Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.
- He describes their appeal as romantic and says snow globes “encapsulate a perfect world,” while noting a claimed 1889 Eiffel Tower globe as his oldest piece.