For a long peroids I worked for some of the wealthiest people in London
I remember on my first job I went into a house where they had a line of Degas drawings on the wall which, I was told weer original
They were the ballet sketches which I was familiar with - I tried to discuss them with the owner and all he could tell me was how much they were worth
A common experience was to be gobsmacked by beautifully bound first editions of 1st edition books - go upstairs to do my work and find Jeffry Archer on one bedside table and Jilly Cooper of the other
Those downstairs were for decoration
One of the best bookshops in Cambridge used to sell books by the yard to decorate the rooms of visiting American lecturers
Jim