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Recent Examples of collector's item
The pull tabs also provide something of value through the cut-out milkcap — a collector's item similar to the POGs craze of the 1990s and the Japanese game of Menko that originated long before it.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
After Raw His robes have become highly sought-after collector's items.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The collector's item includes stories about how the couple has impacted small businesses, nonprofits, clothing shops and the community leaders in Kansas City.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Feb. 2025
As of Thursday afternoon, the collector's item was listed as sold out on the Mattel website.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
After Raw His robes have become highly sought-after collector's items.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The collector's item includes stories about how the couple has impacted small businesses, nonprofits, clothing shops and the community leaders in Kansas City.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Feb. 2025
As of Thursday afternoon, the collector's item was listed as sold out on the Mattel website.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collector's item
Noun
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Dinosaurs now occupy the same cultural ecosystem as blue-chip art, rare watches, and trophy real estate: objects that function simultaneously as investments, status symbols, conversation pieces, and experiences.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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The idea is to let the barrel jeans be the conversation piece, then style around them thoughtfully.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The previous record for a CR7 collectible was $312,000.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs, are electronic identifiers confirming a digital collectible is real by recording the details on a digital ledger known as a blockchain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If someone was caught, and murdered, scraps of their body were circulated as souvenirs and passed down through generations of white families as heirlooms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The village boutiques scattered along the sloping cobblestone alleys are just a five-minute stroll away, and offer the standard unremarkable Provence souvenirs—traditional fabrics, yellow pottery, straw bags, and sweet-smelling soaps.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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“Collector's item.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collector%27s%20item. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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