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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
10
Sylvia Porter reports a worldwide surge in art buying as millionaires and museums bid up prices. Paintings by Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet and 19th century British painters now fetch four times earlier values, fueling a wave of galleries and publicized “art as an investment” hype.
Prices for major works have surged since 1950 with Chagall and Derain valued well above the 1960 level. Since 1950 art prices outpaced living costs and stocks, while the art market expanded in New York and across outlets like Sears and Woolworth. Experts warn amateurs to beware as professionals dominate pricing and fads drive big swings, with abstract expressionists down about 30 percent since 1960 and Pop art slipping.
Murphy Woodruff is called to Decatur due to his father Gabe Woodruff’s death. Earlier, Murphy and family attended the funeral of his sister-in-law Mrs. John Woodruff of Decatur. Gabe was a brother in law to R H Ellis and Ed Ellis. Mrs Nellie Puckett is hospitalized in Hartselle Hospital. Visitors to Herman Johnsons and Mrs Adda Thompson included Joan DePriest and several local families. Neel School hosted a muffin contest judged by Oak Ridge Club members. Pattie Morgan won first, Connie Lane third, Donna Brown second among 17 entrants. C D Long has been dismissed from Black Chandler Hospital. Jimmy Hughes awaits a call to the Air Force, expected to depart in April.
Health Capsules asks if a piece of calcium in the shoulder causing bursitis means you should eat less calcium. Dr Michael A Petit notes the condition can raise questions about calcium intake and suggests evaluating dietary calcium in context with medical advice.
Health Capsules reports that calcium in the shoulder area has no proven connection to diet and no definitive cause is known. Tomorrow's topic will be digitalis and the segment emphasizes that information is not intended for diagnosis.
Learn through classes reading and museum visits. focus on preferred schools. Begin by buying affordable works from lesser-known artists to train taste away from fashion trends. Enter higher-priced markets only for personal pleasure, with profit as a bonus. Distributed 1966 by The Hall Syndicate Inc.
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