Those two you lifted in the shop, they were the real collectors.

A real collector will rarely sell a work unless he can replace it with something even greater that has more personal meaning.

They're made to be collectibles, which means that real collectors don't collect them.

Nothing, however, that would attract a real collector.

"I don't think a real collector ever stops buying," she said.

"They are, in effect, providing free entertainment, which real collectors don't need."

Most people who are real collectors are happy when prices go down, so in the long run they can afford to buy more.

And sometimes even a real collector is born.

"The speculators have been squeezed out and the real collectors are back," he said.

Since no one can visit Jerrado anymore, that earring is a real collector's item.