North American collectors will have further diversions this winter.

It was donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in 1957 by American collector Patric Farrell.

Both works were sold to unidentified American collectors.

The greatest American collector-hebuys only the best.

These "association" books, in which American collectors take especial pleasure, can be very costly.

Crockett wished to see it (he named the most famous American collector of the day).

Jordan Geller is the American collector who sold the two record-breaking pairs of trainers at Sotheby's recently.

These litigants include Joe Simon, an American film producer based in London, and Susan Mearns, an American collector.

This reflects the growing importance of wealthy South American collectors, particularly from Brazil, which the fair has helped to spur.

American collectors of Asian art are now snapping up Cuban contemporary works and Cuban art galleries are also springing up.

Mr Whyte is in the US to value Irish art for American collectors who may wish to sell at future auctions in Dublin.

The Vermeer came from the collection of the late American collector Barbara Piasecka Johnson, with proceeds going to her charitable foundation, Christie's said.

He collaborated with the American collector Billy F Price to compile the only attempt at a catalogue of Hitler's paintings, published in 1983.

Byrne makes the point that the market is sustainable - in the sense that the buyers are Nigerians not European and North American collectors.

The entire group has come from an American collector who obviously realised there would be more interest in Thomson on this side of the Atlantic.

The collection of 35,000 vintage toys and trains is the result of a lifetime's dedication by one American collector, Jerry Greene.