1.   Americans, he said, have been the most avid collectors of the artwork.

2.   An avid collector of books, Cummings was known for his wide-ranging artistic knowledge.

3.   An avid collector of ceramics, especially white porcelain, McCready was widely knowledgeable in many areas of the fine and applied arts.

4.   An avid collector, Autry has donated paintings, sculptures and artifacts, as well as memorabilia and his colorful western wardrobe, to the museum.

5.   As a sideline Hayford became an avid collector and dealer of books, selling them to libraries around the world.

6.   As an avid collector of art, he was one of the first to embrace such iconoclastic artists as the sculptor Henry Moore and the painter Francis Bacon.

7.   Besides trading works internationally, the couple have also been avid collectors, and their gift to the Metropolitan is from their private holdings.

8.   A lot of the memorabilia belong to Dr. Murray Weissman, a New Jersey physician and avid Crockett collector.

9.   Both are avid collectors and have filled their southwest Atlanta home with African-American art.

10.   But for the avid collector and member of California Soosuk Club, weekends are devoted to his passion for rocks.