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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1014398, member: 19065&quot;]Not sure why this topic is in the Paper Money forum. It would be better suited to <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/f32/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/f32/"><b>General Discussion</b></a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fight for the Barnes is a <u><i>huge</i></u> corrupt and inept mess of an argument in local Philadelphia politics, the art scene, the greater museum community having banded together against the Barnes (or at least turning their backs on the collection) while the corruption within the charitable Pew organization sunk its teeth into the juicy fruit of this gem collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>This argument has been raging for years and the Barnes collection has now quite nearly been completely taken by the city and entities intended to capture Dr. Barnes&#039; collection. They have easily moved against the terms of his loosely written will and failure to protect against this happening as proponents of Barnes have squandered his legacy by doing too little too late. It&#039;s a sad tale. I&#039;ve seen the documentary film and recommend it to others. </p><p><br /></p><p>For those immediately interested in this check out the<b> <a href="http://www.barnesfoundation.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.barnesfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow">Barnes Foundation.org</a></b> web site to see some of the art he collected, his unique mission and the <u><i>BIG middle-finger</i></u> he gave to the social, corporate and political elite of his era and the city of Philadelphia. Barnes was a cantankerous dude. There are not many around like him today nor harboring the personal taste in fine art and culture with a healthy distaste for greed and selfishness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do check this out if you are curious.&nbsp; Film trailer for <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnyVcegi2i8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnyVcegi2i8" rel="nofollow">THE ART OF THE STEAL</a></b> on YouTube. There are also some segments of the film and related videos on the fight for the Barnes foundation on YouTube, just follow the film trailer link and look through the right hand column of related videos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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