For weeks now, enthusiastic collectors have deluged the auction house, Sotheby's officials said, giving them confidence that the sale would exceed expectations.

Older adults are among the most enthusiastic collectors of the Chevron Cars.

Broderip throughout his life was an enthusiastic collector, particularly of shells.

Trammell Crow was an enthusiastic collector of East Asian art.

He was also an enthusiastic collector of autographs.

An enthusiastic collector, his personal collection spilled over into his offices.

Knobelsdorff was an enthusiastic collector of art, a fact unknown until the recent discovery of old inventory lists.

Her numerous personal exhibitions in Europe, America and Japan have always attracted enthusiastic collectors.

He was an enthusiastic collector of military armour and owned one of the finest collections in England.

Tuck, an enthusiastic collector for the majority of his life, used the former store as place to keep various objects he had acquired, including Playland artifacts.