collector

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“For six months of that membership, you can get a vintage Kelly,” said Sana Roychowdhury, a New York-based musician and collector of vintage Hermès.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A well-off grain dealer in those days, with a sideline as an art collector, fragments of his pre-war life survive in the paintings and sculptures by Ukrainian artists dotted around the bunker.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The notoriously private collector is lively and disarmingly funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In July 1846, two months after the U.S. invaded Mexico, the tax collector came calling for six years’ back taxes.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Though I knew he meant well, Julia behaved as though she'd been offered a job as a dung collector.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood