Like Warhol, Mr. Hughes was a compulsive collector.

The Tenenbaums are less a family than a collection of dolls fussed over by a compulsive collector.

Rudolf II was a compulsive collector.

For the compulsive collector, it may be the thrill of the chase.

The sale of myriad items from the Warhol estate in 1988, including 138 cookie jars, showed him also to be a compulsive collector.

He is a compulsive collector - ivory carvings, fertility dolls, European silver, 4,000 toy soldiers.

Beckford was a compulsive and restless collector, who also frequently sold works, sometimes later repurchasing them.

Apparently it's for compulsive collectors to "have everything".

"I am a compulsive collector of antiques," he said.

The actress Debbie Reynolds, for example, is portrayed as a compulsive collector with an obsession for the tangible memories of old films.