Tuesday, November 1, 2022

To Have and to Hold Presentation

 The Elevator to the Heavens

Joseph Duveen 

  • Art dealer and collector

  • “The grandest of art dealers and advisor to some of the most acquisitive collectors the world had seen” 

  • Would sell art for more by saying it was “not for sale” first

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duveen,_1st_Baron_Duveen 4

William Randolph Hearst

  • One of the greatest art collectors in the world

  • Client of Duveen

  • Had an insatiable appetite for art

  • Had an income of 160 million

  • Ended up 1.6 billion in debt

  • The elevator to the heavens is the elevator going up to his three-story apartment in NYC, which was filled with art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Castle


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