automobilia

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noun

Everything pertaining to automobiles, especially collectibles.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

nounautomobilia pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyEverything pertaining to automobiles, especially collectibles.

    Ask any automobilia collector what the most popular field of auto-related antiques is and you'll invariably be told license plates.

    1980 July, Yankee, volume 44, Yankee, →OCLC, page 237
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    I once found and brought home a Mercedes Benz hubcap. For years it sat in my garage. One day an automobilia collector happened to see it and told me it was worth $40 because it came from a popular sports model Mercedes.

    1984, Stephen Hughes, Pop Culture Mania: Collecting 20th Century Americana for Fun and Profit, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 100

    The other [classified section] is general automobilia. Here you can find items such as go-karts, hot rod memorabilia, license plates, literature, books and many others.

    1999, Todd A. Jensen, Automotive Web Sites, McFarland, →ISBN, page 83

    There's something for everyone at an automobilia auction, from lots of sales literature and boxes of brochures to milk crates full of license plates and signs galore, all at more attainable price points, so many more of us can participate.

    2021, Steven Rossi, West Peterson, Gearhead at Large: A Backroad Tour of Automotive History and the Old Car Hobby, McFarland, →ISBN, page 304

    Synonyms: automobiliana

Synonyms & antonyms

nounEverything pertaining to automobiles, especially collectibles.

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