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As opposed to that French piece the dealer's priced highly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antique

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'as opposed to that french piece the dealer's priced highly' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'as opposed to that french' is the wordplay.
'as opposed' becomes 'anti' (similar in meaning. I am not sure about the 'as' bit.).
'to that french' becomes 'que' (French for 'that').
'anti'+'que'='ANTIQUE'

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(Other definitions for antique that I've seen before include "Archaic" , "Valuable due to age, like some furniture" , "Valuable old object" , "(Something) valuable because of age and quality" , "Object from the past sought by collectors" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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