Alex was a voracious collector: guns, canes, swords, heraldry".

Do any of the voracious contemporary collectors whose purchases we all read about have their own portraits painted?

Sotheby's is suggesting that the pair once belonged to William Beckford, the most voracious British collector of the late 1700's.

"Shelby White is known to everyone in the archaeology community as a voracious collector who seems to show no concern for protecting our heritage."

Morgan was also a voracious collector of art, statues, rare books and manuscripts.

A voracious collector and accomplished bookman, his 35,000 volume library is among the most extensive private collections in the country.

Pierpont Morgan was such a voracious collector that by the end of his life his holdings accounted for nearly half his fortune.

Natalia Vodianova is a voracious collector of 1920's and 30's couture and jewelry.

He was a voracious collector of books as well, amassing more than 17,000 volumes in his study.

Schram was a voracious collector of letters, owning manuscripts written by literary, historical, musical, political and scientific figures across 500 years.