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Posted on July 28, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleMarià Gabarro from Terrassa, Spain, set a Guinness World Record posthumously for his collection of 5,025 dog figurines, honoring his unique passion.
TERRASSA, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish collector Marià Gabarro did not care for real dogs but won a posthumous place in the Guinness World Records this year for the largest collection of canine-related items - 5,025 figurines, soft toys or dog-head walking sticks.
Gabarro, a sales manager from Terrassa, a town about 30 km (19 miles) from Barcelona, started his mammoth collection of figurines in his 60s.
When he died last year, aged 94, his children decided to see if the haul could claim a record as a tribute to their parents.
Gabarro acquired the figurines at markets and stored them in two houses.
Teresa Gabarro, 54, one of four siblings who now lets her West Highland White Terrier play with the soft toys, said: “(My parents) really liked the non-real dogs, but not the live ones."
(Reporting by Horaci Garcia, writing by Graham Keeley; Editing by Andrei Khalip and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
Marià Gabarro was a sales manager from Terrassa, Spain, who amassed a collection of over 5,000 dog figurines.
His collection was recognized posthumously by Guinness World Records as the largest collection of canine-related items.
After Gabarro's death, his children sought to claim the world record for his collection as a tribute to their father.
Gabarro acquired his figurines from various markets and stored them in two houses.
Despite his extensive collection of dog figurines, Gabarro did not care for real dogs, as noted by his daughter.
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