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collector's item
noun
- an article or object of particular interest or value because of its uniqueness or scarcity.
collector's item
noun
- a thing regarded as being exquisite or rare and thus worthy of the interest of one who collects such things
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Origin of collector's item1
Idioms and Phrases
An object of great interest, value, or rarity, as in This necklace is a collector's item . Originating in the early 1900s as collector's piece , a usage still common in Britain, the term in its present form is occasionally transferred to persons as well, as in The Beach Boys became a collector's item on the tour . [c. 1930]Example Sentences
Top level members also got what was billed as an “ultra rare collector’s item” — a ticket with Dodger Stadium dirt from the game in which the Dodgers clinched the National League West championship against the San Diego Padres.
Mr Jackson Jnr said the restored console was "definitely" a piece of equipment that could be used to make music again, but equally could be a collector's item.
The collector’s item – handed out in change to a local man – is the same shape as an ordinary 20p piece.
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.
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.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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