I would like to take this opportunity to talk briefly about people who collect art. Many art collectors are not just investors,some are actually motivated by the desire to protect the art that they collect. Such individuals often go to extremes to look out for the art works that they buy. Last year a Cezanne painting sold for 250 million dollars. I do not need to point out that is a quarter of a billion dollars! The motivation of thieves to steal such a work is obvious. We all have a responsibility to help protect art works from theft.
One of our national treasures is in jeopardy,The Friends of The Barnes Foundation need our help. Doctor Barnes stated that he never wanted any of the art works in his collection to be moved from the residence that was his home in west Philadelphia Pennsylvania. I need no more than that to write this appeal. Please do what You can to help save the Barnes http://www.barnesfriends.org/
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