How To / Buy Your First Piece of Art
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How To / Buy Your First Piece of Art

If you are thinking about collecting art, the documentary, Herb & Dorothy should be at the top of your Amazon Prime watch list. By spending their free time with artists, visiting their studios and attending gallery openings, the couple built a collection that included more than 4,500 works. Herb and Dorothy Vogel had no formal art training, but they understood the secret to putting together a priceless collection. “We bought what we liked,” said Dorothy. Chuck Close, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman are just a few of the then unknown contemporary artists the Vogels bought with savings from their modest postal worker and teacher salaries.

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