It's been said that if Franklin Roosevelt had not become President, he still might be remembered as one of America's greatest collectors.

Picasso once said "I am the greatest collector of Picassos in the world."

In fact, the authors call her "the greatest collector of them all."

"He learned this art at the feet of masters and the greatest collectors, one of whom was his own father," Dr. Lundquist said.

At his death in 1992, he was the greatest collector of Japanese art in Australia.

Richardson has been described as one of the "greatest collectors of drawings of all time".

The world's greatest collectors spread a great bounty of temptations before him.

He was one of the greatest collectors of antiques, tapestries, drawings, paintings and sculptures of his time.

Albin Schram (1926-2005) was one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history.

Less well known was her older brother Leo Stein, arguably the greatest collector of early modern art in the 20th century.