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"When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a former postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s with their modest salaries, they never imagined their collection would outgrow their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughtout the United States. Fifty years after the purchase of their fist work of art, the Vogel Collection has grown to nearly 5,000 pieces and is now worth millions of dollars. Refusing to sell a...
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"A patron with exquisite taste and a zest for life, Isabella Stewart Gardner traveled the globe for over three decades, assembling piece by piece one of the world's most remarkable art collections. Her interests ranged from Rembrandt, Titian, Sargent, Whistler, and Matisse to architectural antiquities, medieval stained glass windows, tapestries, painted leather "wallpaper" and rare books. In 1903, the "palace" she built as a museum to house her collection...
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"BAZOOKA JOE AND HIS GANG have been synonymous with bubble gum ever since their debut sixty years ago, providing an irresistible combination of cheap laughs wrapped around pink, sugary sweetness. This first-ever compilation celebrates these iconic mini-comics recognized the world over, and includes extensive essays by Talley Morse, Nancy Morse, Kirk Taylor, R. Sikoryak, Bhob Stewart, and Jay Lynch, as well as a profile of Wesley Morse, the original...