The height of his success was in the 1850s-1870s, when his works were eagerly collected by Midlands industrialists and the entrepreneurs of other industrial regions of the country.

Although he is most associated with the development of the Baroque, he also eagerly collected works of many artists of quite different styles.

The stamps have been eagerly collected for their novelty value, and some have become extremely rare.

Her vintage items are eagerly collected and her namesake company continues.

She herself also eagerly collected fleas: bartered for them in New Guinea, smuggled them out of Australia on flea-ridden mice.

Eagerly collected by architects and historians, the monographs have been re-issued in bound editions several times.

Missionaries, anthropologists, and tourists eagerly collected ledger books in the late 19th century.

The painter's work was immensely fashionable and eagerly collected.

"Tiny objects of porcelain, Delft, silver, pewter, glass, etc., were eagerly collected."

Eagerly collected by numismatists today, they are among the most valuable Lincoln cents.