CSPAN2 Book TV July 21, 2014
Be that a museum going under doesnt need a monet painting. The rules of accreditation for museums prevent you from selling a painting or a piece of art from your collection to Fund Operating expenses. You could use that bequest to buy more art. But they didnt need more art, they needed cash. And it may be that they decided putting in with the relatives would get them a better deal, and they ended up getting 10 million from the sale of a 24 million painting. And that paintings now been sold to a buyer in asia, and it was exhibited at christies, and we wont see it again. Christies is selling in ...