11.   Buyers range from serious collectors, who are neighborhood regulars, to decorators shopping for clients and young couples furnishing their first apartments.

12.   Collectors and dealers say they do not believe the Justice Department investigation will hamper a serious collector who covets a Monet or a Matisse.

13.   Discoloration does not disqualify a piece of jade or glass for serious collectors, who expect it, but the lack of original surface might.

14.   Erdogan Demiroren, a Turkish industrialist, and his wife, Tulin, have been serious collectors for years.

15.   Even with these disadvantages, the increased quality of sound reproduction provided on CD is so striking that serious audio collectors will want to explore this format.

16.   Even among that small group defined as serious collectors, men and women seem to spring from utterly different species.

17.   For serious collectors of sporting art, particularly equestrian art, there are only six important painters.

18.   George Sape, lawyer, serious wine collector and board member of the James Beard House, goes to Citronelle whenever he stays here overnight.

19.   He distinguishes between autographs for fans or teammates and corporate deals to sign goods for a fee to sell to serious collectors.