collector

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Following years of research in 2012 he tracked down a collector in east Asia who had his father's medals and was willing to sell them for a large sum.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Ferrari collector Luc Poirier told Barron’s last year that the technology felt “almost like a gimmick.”

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Nearby, collector Ilva Lorduy watched the five-minute sale from an oversize white armchair, as dealer Sam Orlofsky whispered with a friend beneath a wall-size orange Richard Prince work created from Tiffany ads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

JW: I was a DJ around L.A. and I’m still a record collector and a fanatic about music, as well as film, and so I wanted to create an atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In addition to that, my father became an expert gardener and above all a collector of alpine plants.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl