SCENES FROM A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING


	SCENES FROM A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING
ellington
3-18-2009 7:44 PM
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ellington says:
YVES ST, LAURENT - PIERRE BERGE'S
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3-18-2009 7:55 PM
ofcapri
One great collection.
3-18-2009 11:33 PM
tanyamm
What a lucky man he was to be able to surround himself with so much beauty and it's all being auctioned did he not have a family. How sad to have all that beauty and no one to share it with.
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