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Meanings of collector's item in English

The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection.

Synonyms
Examples for "showpiece"
Examples for "showpiece"
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All just seven days out from the showpiece of the hurling year.
The Irish Times
2
It was by far the tallest building on the block, a showpiece.
Blind Man's Alley
3
She's just a showpiece for him, and she looks great in clothes.
Accident
4
Now, 26 years on, this club has another showpiece event to relish.
The Irish Times
5
Australia's story at football's showpiece event is one of triumph and despair.
The Guardian
1
One becomes sated with an interminable piece de resistance of full dress.
Gala-Days
2
Of course, the piece de resistance is that gotcha Giuliani scene.
News.com.au
3
The ' piece de resistance' of the back wing, is the eyespot.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
4
Exquisite interiors aside, the piece de resistance must be the Croc bowling alley.
News.com.au
5
For the piece de resistance I goaded him into chin-ups.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
Usage of collector's item in English
1
Might help keep them alive or become a bona fide collector's item.
News.com.au
2
It was a real collector's item, and would probably become a classic.
Immortality Inc.
3
It'll become a collector's item, worth much more than the original cost.
The Tarn of Eternity
4
The archetypal tale and the exquisite artwork make a collector's item of M.C.
The Irish Times
5
Instead, they become a kind of collector's item.
Wired
6
It's sure to become a collector's item.
The new yorker
7
These are gonna be a collector's item.
Wired
8
Now it was a collector's item.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
9
She says the spelling mistake will be a quirky feature that will one day make them a collector's item.
Radio NZ
10
Regardless of its unpleasant associations, that pistol is a valuable collector's item, and one of the assets of the estate.
Murder in the Gunroom
11
Another gorgeous collector's item.
The Irish Times
12
A collector's item nowadays.
Ralestone Luck
13
But it happened to be in the Anfield one on the day United were the visitors, and suddenly it was a collector's item.
The Guardian
14
That immediately makes the current Ledger Joker figure a collector's item, creating empty metal pegs on action figure displays across the nation's toy stores.
Wired
15
This destined the calendar (with a doubled print-run of a mere 4,000) to be a collector's item.
The Irish Times
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In one of those little logic-defying ironies, the Edsel today is a prized collector's item, fetching as much as $200,000 for a rare 1960 convertible.
Wired