collector's item

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To get the in-demand collector’s item now, people are paying anywhere between $150 to more than $1,500, according to listings and bids found on eBay and Facebook’s Marketplace.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 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

"It's going to be a collector's item," agrees Hill.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

The sculpture, ugly as it might seem to some, might have had some value as a collector’s item.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

“This is a collector’s item from Hercules Busts Heads. The first season.”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan