collector's item
Example Sentences
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Some of the first to visit were gifted bumper stickers, which have become "quite the collector's item".
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
But for Libow, who bought it as a collector’s item as much as an investment, it’s a labor of love.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
“Whatever happens in the financial markets, a car of this caliber is a collector’s item, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” RM Sotheby’s car specialist Michael Caimano told the Agence France-Presse wire service.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023
The sculpture, ugly as it might seem to some, might have had some value as a collector’s item.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
He was also given a collector’s item, a huge leather-bound, slipcased book on the history of Iceland.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
