personal collection
One's own accumulation
A personal collection is an accumulation of objects gathered by an individual according to their own interests or tastes—stamps, vinyl records, vintage watches, art.
The phrase often appears when distinguishing private holdings from institutional ones: items from the curator's personal collection, She sold pieces from her personal collection to fund the charity.
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- coinsMetal money units
- rare findsScarce, sought-after discoveries
first edition · identity · books · dust jacket · investment · self-expression · archiving · vinyl records · artwork · photographs · cultural heritage · legacy · memory · sorting · antiques · storytelling · curiosity · pride
- museum termspaintings, sculptures, exhibits, gallery, artifacts
- art collectiblesoil paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, bronzes
personal collectionmuseum collection
Institutional assemblage of artifacts
communal property · library collection · government archives · public trust
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