Delores DeJohn (USA) has 690 donkey-related items that she has collected since 1976. Back in 1976, because so many of her friends smoked cigarettes, Delores realised the need to purchase an ashtray. The criteria for the ashtray was that it had to be red to match the décor of her house. The first red one that she found was in the shape of a donkey. She realised that the donkey shape was also symbolic of the U.S Democratic Party, so she bought it. Following that, her collection began to grow. Delores’ favorite donkey is a ‘Cybis’ which was made by an American porcelain maker and is the replica of the donkey that Rose Kennedy presented to her son John F. Kennedy when he was nominated by the Democratic National Convention to be their Presidential Candidate.