specullector

English

Etymology

Blend of speculator +‎ collector.

Noun

specullector (plural specullectors)

1. (informal, derogatory) A buyer of art that speculates on its rising value.
   • 2014, Georgina Adam, Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century‎^[1], Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN:

     Some collectors have been accused of being ‘specullectors’—a fusion of collector and dealer—and this certainly applies to Charles Saatchi.

   • 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^[2], →ISSN:

     “Specullectors” spread risk by buying shares of a valuable work, with the explicit intention to resell when the market rises.