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World Service,21 Nov 1989,26 mins

Paul Mellon and the price of Art

Meridian

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The sale of 14 works from American financier and philanthropist Paul Mellon's art collection - and the mania it has inspired. "It's like one of those Donald Duck cartoons when his eyeballs spin round and finish up as dollar signs; they're not looking at the work of art, they're looking at the value on it." George Melly, critic and collector. With guest Andrew Graham-Dixon.

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