музейная редкость

• МУЗЕЙНАЯ РЕДКОСТЬ{{}}

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1. a rare and very valuable object of art or historical relic:

- museum piece;

- collector's item;

- rare specimen.

2. humor or iron [often subj-compl with copula (subj: concr, human, or abstr)]

⇒ an object, phenomenon, or type of person that is rarely encountered (because the object is outdated, the phenomenon is a thing of the past, the type of person is highly unusual etc), rare specimen; antique; museum piece; relic; artifact.

     ♦ [Вера:] Вы хороший муж. Прямо - музейная редкость (Вампилов 5). [V.:] You're a good husband. Really a rare specimen (5b)