All examples were assumed to be in fine shape, or what collectors call "No. 2" condition.

She walked directly over when the collectors called her, took a blue Sharpie pen from one of them and signed a bunch of photos.

The industry also reflects what collectors grudgingly call "the real world" in its susceptibility to business cycles.

But its worth soon jumped to $4 because it deals with what collectors call an event.

You all of you know how pleased you are on your return from a morning's walk to learn that the collector has called.

The auction of Rooseveltiana, as serious collectors call it, will offer more than 3,000 items and is expected to fetch $1.2 million to $1.8 million.

For some, it is almost an addiction - "the green needle," as one collector has called it.

Under the 1977 act, collectors cannot threaten debtors, lie to them or call them at inappropriate times, like the middle of the night.

But after one collector called some 50 times, the secretary put him through.

It was followed by what many collectors call the Vintage era.