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  • This 1793 'Chain Cent' sold for a record $1.38 million in a public auction this week at a coin collector's convention in Florida.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2012

  • Some of the highlights include Maurizio Cattelan's delightful roving robot Charlie, and Stephanie (commissioned by Stephanie Seymour's on-and-off again husband Peter Brant; a true trophy-wife's bust, the pride of any collector's), Koons 'Caterpillar Ladder, Paul McCarthy's Mechanical Pig, worth its pork in gold, and Richard Prince, who is in the exclusive club of upper-tier artists whose photographs sell for over a $1 million.

    Spread ArtCulture: Simon Says, It's Open House Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • This person, long gone, and, after suffering the torment of death, his head had become a collector's item.

    Head in a Box Christian Bell 2011

  • SPECIAL EDITIONSKing of Pop's life & legacy: These collector's items look at why Jackson mattered so much in pop culture and celebrates his impact on music, fashion and dance.

    Archive: Michael in the mirror 2009

  • Physical media in itself will become antique, collector's items. ea exam

    New Blockbuster Advertising Slams Netflix/Redbox | /Film 2010

  • SPECIAL EDITIONSKing of Pop's life & legacy: These collector's items look at why Jackson mattered so much in pop culture and celebrates his impact on music, fashion and dance.

    Paying tribute to Michael Jackson 2009

  • The Aerocar never became more than a collector's item.

    Where is my flying car? 2011

  • Some of the highlights include Maurizio Cattelan's delightful roving robot Charlie, and Stephanie (commissioned by Stephanie Seymour's on-and-off again husband Peter Brant; a true trophy-wife's bust, the pride of any collector's), Koons'Caterpillar Ladder, Paul McCarthy's Mechanical Pig, worth its pork in gold, and Richard Prince, who is in the exclusive club of upper-tier artists whose photographs sell for over a $1 million.

    Spread ArtCulture: Simon Says, It's Open House Spread ArtCulture 2010

  • The Aerocar never became more than a collector's item.

    Where is my flying car? 2011

  • These are collector's pieces because they broke the mold by standing British-style conservatism on its head and making it sexy something designers have been trying to do for years.

    Must Haves for Spring Tina Gaudoin 2011

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