The Price Of Everything

Dedicated to my dear friends Susan and Michael Hort

I recently watched a documentary, televised by HBO;
Called, “The Price Of Everything”, about how the Modern Art market has grown!
In my fifty years of dealing, traditional art has been my choice;
But Modern and Conceptional works, have become the new Rolls Royce!
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That’s not to say a great Impressionist or Old Master, can’t crack a hundred mil;
But many Modern works bring millions, and the artists are living still!
My friends from New York City, have the largest accumulation known;
The Susan and Michael Hort Collection, stands by itself alone!
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I look back to the mid 1970’s, and the year that we first met;
I started them collecting traditional, we were close as we could get!
They trusted my intuition, and bought several lovely works;
But little did we know then, that their fame was in the lurk!
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For in the early 1980’s, they found living artists they thought were great;
And purchased several works from them, which engendered an unreal fate!
These artists from the yesteryears, became the Masters of today;
Their holdings are unprecedented, the greatest known, folks say!
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To think I was the catalyst, for their most unbelievable feat;
Makes my heart and Soul feel happy, I thank Fate that did we meet!
“The Price Of Everything” illustrates, that those paintings sell very high;
But our friendship is so very priceless, it is something one can’t buy!
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                                  Artworks bring millions
                        But dear friendships are priceless
                                  The art of one’s Soul