Buying art can be an intimidating enterprise. But in December, Sotheby’s
reported a curious development. Nearly half of the $7.3 billion worth of art it
sold last year was acquired by first-time buyers.
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green hoodie with Hanes tidy whities peeking, posing like that scandalous
languorous marble sculpture at the Musée D’Orsay.