Word: collectors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...picking and choosing, Father Daly had a feast no plain collector could ever dream of equaling. Spread out before him were sacred and profane works never, or rarely, exhibited. Items: a 9th century copy of Terence's comedies, with illustrations showing actors in the authentic costumes of ancient Rome; Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II's 13th century manual on falconry; an illustrated sth century copy of Vergil. He also saw many Bibles -but none that surpasses in beauty the work commissioned by Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1444-82), and one of the keenest bibliophiles...
Down and out in Paris, Lipchitz worked hard at producing the sculptures that are now his most widely esteemed work. Salvation came one day when the rent was nine months' overdue. Merion, Pa. Modern Art Collector Dr. Albert Barnes (inventor of Argyrol) arrived at Lipchitz' studio, bought eight stone carvings, and commissioned five more...
...Tribune in 1873, after the death of Founder Horace Greeley; his son Ogden combined it with the remnants of James Gordon Bennett's racy Herald in 1924. But the credentials of the new buyer softened the blow. He is John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, financier, sportsman, diplomat, art collector, lifetime friend of the Reids and possessor of more than $100 million. "We are happy about it," said Brownie Reid, his arm around his mother. "I think it is a fine step," said...
Charged by the House of Representatives last week with contempt of Congress in his refusal to answer 22 questions asked by the House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight: Boston Millionaire Bernard Goldfine, 67, collector of New England politicians. Maximum penalty: one year in prison, $22,000 in fines...
...nine months a year the average art collector cannot be separated from his collection. But in summer vacation time the art turns into a burden, vulnerable to theft and damage. "Most collectors send their paintings to their favorite dealers or store them in a warehouse, or sometimes leave them locked up at home," says Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art Director James Rorimer. "We'd rather have them on our walls...