Word: collector
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...never would have had a swing craze, and you and I would have to be satisfied with Carmen Lombardo singing the St. Louis Blues, hot dog. Consequently I'd like to mention several of Benny's early recordings that you'd do well to buy before they become collector's items...
...Raphael Madonna (one of the few genuine ones in the U. S.) will be housed in galleries designated as Widener rooms, adjoining the sections set aside by the National Gallery for each school of painting. Some of the works may stay at Lynnewood Hall while Joe Widener is alive. Collector Widener referred questioners to young (45) P. A. B.'s family history, Without Drums, to be published this week (G. P. Putnam's Sons; $3). Says...
...smart art dealer has been sued by a customer who thinks he has been gypped. But few are the art lovers smart enough to get themselves sued by a dealer on the same grounds. Embroiled in a lawsuit in Hollywood, Calif, last week was a smart, grey, stocky art collector named Dr. U. (for Ulrich) L. (for he won't say what) Di Ghilini. Dr. Di Ghilini is a magician, an adept at exposing fake mediums, who baffles and intrigues the cinema...
...Collector Di Ghilini claims to own $250,000 worth of paintings and art objects, including a Titian, a Gainsborough, a Rubens, a Romney, which he plans to exhibit in Manhattan this winter. Last summer Dr. Di Ghilini beheld and coveted, in West Hollywood's Old Colony Antique Shop, a throne which appeared to him to be of hammered silver and gold, of the 16th Century or earlier. Summoning his powers of hocuspocus, Dr. Di Ghilini made small purchases, casually asked Joseph Osiel, tall, excitable part owner of the shop, about the throne. It would cost $2,000, said...
...building, was given free hand with the interior. But because of PWA and Philadelphia municipal requirements, Architect Keast had to call for competitive bids for murals. However, he persuaded PWA to let the bidders tell the jury about their qualifications. Philadelphia's municipal Art Jury (once headed by Collector Joe Widener) passed upon 22 bidding artists. With $75,000 budgeted for decoration, Architect Keast bought his art for $61,708-less than fancy stone or metal decorations would have cost. Winners were nine painters, two sculptors, one stained-glass firm...