It was easy to assemble a collection in no time.

The answer: spend years trying to assemble a complete collection.

Along the way he assembled a large personal collection of French furniture.

On its opening in March 1906 the library had assembled a collection of 3,800 books.

"If you are going to assemble a collection, it should be done with scholarship," he said.

They also assembled a collection of more than 1,000 works of modern art.

Before eBay one had to go to great lengths to assemble a collection of them.

The task of assembling such a collection is much easier than one might suppose.

Salt also managed to assemble a third collection, containing 1,083 objects.

Assembling a collection in those days was no problem.