His father was a wealthy collector, his mother a painter.

The book is one which only the wealthy collector can hope, with luck, to call his own.

But I know he has sold the stones separately to wealthy collectors.

He had sold eleven of them to wealthy collectors in New York.

We agreed that they shouldn't be looted and sent all over the world to wealthy private collectors.

She would then sell a painting at a discount to a wealthy collector.

The wealthy collector turned toward a door at the end of the room and waved for his guests to follow.

And high prices were being paid by wealthy collectors.

This exposure brought recognition, and a number of wealthy collectors began buying his art.

In another era, it would have seemed normal for a leading British museum to be given art by a wealthy collector.