Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-413929-20150107223241/@comment-24936039-20150108024651

Since Rumples has future sight (taken from the seer) he knows what has or WILL HAVE useful value to him and what doesn't (or if dangerous, sends it to his secure vault).

On the other hand, someone who is a hoarder (which is a mental illness) has little to no ability to realistically assign value to items, thus ends up keeping it all (including garbage). Also by hoarding, a person feels he/she has some illusion of control (there's a show called Hoarders which shows the awful plight of some people who suffer from this condition).