collector
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Cena, who is himself a car collector, recounted one of the most significant car purchases of his life -- "a fake Lamborghini."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Peter and I were pretty much on the same page, but he’s more of a collector of old stuff than I am. He kept boxes and boxes of old files going way back,” Shelby said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I guess the moral of the story is let your medical bills go to a debt collector, ‘cause then they’ll cut it down,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Emily added, “We know you’re a rare-book collector, and we know Mr. Griswold is one of your clients.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has always resold its signs to collectors but more recently opened up sales to the public, said Paul Dvoskin, the director in charge of the program.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Several months later, a second villager entered the mine grounds with some 200 other gold collectors, according to court filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The letters of dismissal will cover every member of non-teaching staff on the council's books, including chief executive Susanne Millar, nursery staff and refuse collectors.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Of course, having a Bob Mackie Barbie really “meant something” in the doll community, and the world of Barbie collectors couldn’t wait to see what he would do next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The very wealthiest collectors have had to make do with copies of the later editions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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