collector

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It was discovered by avocational fossil collector Lloyd Gunther and donated to the Kansas University Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum in 1981.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

He believes people often only realise the value of cards after cataloguing them, adding: "My friend who is a big Pokemon collector, his account came out at about £100,000."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Plus, the Fed holds rates steady, and an art collector who keeps buying houses he rarely uses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Elaine Wynn, the co-founder of Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts, billionaire philanthropist and art collector and philanthropist, has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The royal tax collector gathers it and takes it to the king.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff