collector's item
Example Sentences
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The collector’s item is selling for hundreds of dollars online.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
Patrons are more than willing to wait in hourlong lines for the $49.50 ceramic figurine that has become a highly coveted collector’s item.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 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
He was also given a collector’s item, a huge leather-bound, slipcased book on the history of Iceland.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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