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collector

[kuh-lek-ter] / kəˈlɛk tər /




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Longtime sports business reporter Darren Rovell, an avid trading card and memorabilia collector since childhood, said on social media that expensive collectibles are at risk any time they are shipped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A breakthrough came when fossil collector Cliff Linster discovered a second specimen near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

Thirty-one Sing Sing wardens had lasted only little over a year; they included a steamfitter, a coal dealer, a horseman, a postmaster, a customs revenue collector, a millionaire and philanthropist, and “assorted ward-heelers.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The cards had been sent from all over the country to PSA to be graded, a necessary step for collectors in authenticating their wares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

Each tile is the same size, but for most of the tables, the abstraction of the design means collectors can choose how they are arranged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

And, if they didn’t, to prove it to tax collectors, who aren’t known for their warmth, collective or individual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It used to be that no one went to the trash heaps but the trash collectors, who dumped the trash and left it.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau


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