Collector Quotations

I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.

I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all.

One thing about Dale is he's a major collector and he's a collector of Americana. He's a really specific collector. He likes to collect a lot of thing in different subjects and one of the passions he has is for American Indian blankets.

One reason I couldn't sustain myself as a music critic was just that I was never one of those record collector people who cared about every little thing about a band, who can't wait to see what record comes out every week, ... For me, it was always more obsessive. I could listen to the same Jonathan Richman song over and over again. I came at it as a fan, but not a 'follow the beat' kind of fan. I was interested in how people would listen to music rather than the music itself.

Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as 'Little Lulu,' 'Frontline Combat' and 'Classics Illustrated.' But the works that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Carl Barks's 'Donald Duck' and 'Uncle Scrooge' comics from the 1940s through the 1960s.

My specialty as a collector is books that almost have value. When I love a book, I don't buy the first edition, because those have become incredibly expensive. But I might buy a beat-up copy of the second edition, third printing, which looks almost exactly the same as the first edition except that a couple of typos have been fixed.

The sense of conquest is in it. Not often is a collector able to obtain complete material in one assault. The plant may be at the moment sterile, or only in fruit or flower... but this lack has the advantage of stimulating the collector to go back in another season or year to complete the work.

We were only talking about the tax collector position as a last resort. It's not like that's the direction we're moving to.

The results of this year's auction demonstrate that the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is the premier event to buy and sell the finest quality cars in the world. Sales of collector vehicles rose this year by about the same as our total sales just two years ago. Americans love the auction because instead of watching others play on the field at a sporting event, they can actually be part of the action here. Car collecting is becoming a great American pastime.

I'm very pleased with myself. I did The Collector immediately after Billy Budd, because I thought, Well, I'll let everybody know: This is my range.

I love it. I'm a collector and I'm a treasure hunter. I just thoroughly enjoy it all, and I enjoy the history of it and the older I get, the more I enjoy the history.

I'm a big collector of vinyl-I have a record room in my house-and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection.

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.

The Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Event is the East Coast's premier automotive lifestyle event where anyone can be a player instead of a side line spectator. Sales rose this year by approximately the same amount as our total sales just two years ago. We once again demonstrated the strength of the car collecting hobby.

Not only is this a desirable collector car, this is the creme de la creme in a hot, hot, hot muscle car market. If you can find one for sale, and if you can afford one considering today's skyrocketing prices, I would buy it and fast. This is a true slice of Americana and I would personally love to own one myself.

In three weeks he's gone from being a garbage collector in Australia to meeting with Valentino in New York.

The charity auction of this one-of-a-kind piano on eBay offers a unique opportunity for a fan or collector to own a major piece of music history while raising funds to support the critical work of prevention, education and treatment of Aids.

The community will be somewhat self-selecting. If you are a rabid gun collector or if your lifestyle is drinking and partying, this probably will not be the place for you.

You could drive into a parking lot and fill up your trunk. Inquiring and self-educating yourself -- that's the drive that a true collector has.

There's a whole new breed of collector that has emerged in the last three-four years. Almost all make the kind of money you cannot comprehend.

I download, like, forty songs a day, I'm a big music collector and a big record collector.