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specullector

specullector noun: a buyer of art that speculates on its rising value.

Noun

specullector (plural specullectors)

  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

Forms of specullector

pluralspecullectors

Origin of specullector

Blend of speculator + collector.

Questions about specullector

What does specullector mean?
Specullector means a buyer of art that speculates on its rising value.
What part of speech is specullector?
Specullector is a noun.
What is the plural of specullector?
The plural of specullector is specullectors.

Words near specullector in the dictionary

  1. speculators
  2. speculatory
  3. speculatrix
  4. speculist
  5. speculists
  6. specullector
  7. specullectors
  8. speculoos
  9. speculum
  10. speculum literature
  11. speculum metal

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