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specullector en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of speculator + collector.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) A buyer of art that speculates on its rising value.
   • Some collectors have been accused of being ‘specullectors’—a fusion of collector and dealer—and this certainly applies to Charles Saatchi. 2014, Georgina Adam, Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN:
   • “Specullectors” spread risk by buying shares of a valuable work, with the explicit intention to resell when the market rises. 2024 April 17, Charlotte Edwardes, “‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’: the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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