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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 1852317, member: 16729&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; That was the Hispanic Society of America that did that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at these two intriguing articles about the sale of the Huntington Collection (below).&nbsp; A huge Visigothic gold collection and Roman silver:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/06/monetizing_the_money_why_did_n.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/06/monetizing_the_money_why_did_n.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/06/monetizing_the_money_why_did_n.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/07/video_visit_to_american_numism.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/07/video_visit_to_american_numism.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2012/07/video_visit_to_american_numism.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It kind of makes you think of all these public collections (coins, art) going for sale nowadays to private collectors (ie, Detroit).&nbsp; While I may feel that Detroit might deserve to lose its art (you make bad financial decisions, you pay the price; Just like the rest of us!), it does make you ponder the loss of things that, theoretically, we all have access to...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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