collector's item

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In response, she requested the book not be reprinted, and “Survivor” has become a rare and pricey collector’s item ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The collector’s item – handed out in change to a local man – is the same shape as an ordinary 20p piece.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

“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

Although the movie came out in 1996, at what was arguably the height of Jordan’s N.B.A. career, the shoe was not made available until 2000, when it instantly became a collector’s item.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 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