Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing for $140M

Re:Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing ... by glenra on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @12:14AM (#9529574)

90% of the art in the collections of most big museums will never be seen by anybody. Held "in private hands", there's arguably a better chance people will eventually get to see it than if it sits in storage indefinitely - the fate of all but a tiny fraction of artefacts held in major museums.

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Re:Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing ... by WalterBright on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @03:12AM (#9529991)

I would think that the risk of concentration of the artifacts in one place would cause concern. Consider what happened at the Library of Alexandria.

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