collector

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The notoriously private collector is lively and disarmingly funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction to a collector for £670,000.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The tax collector is expecting more than 20.7 million extension requests this year, which would be a record breaker.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 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

If sold individually—there were thousands of games, according to Bobby—or as one large cache to a collector, the value of these score sheets alone would have totaled somewhere around $100,000.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady