Center for the History of Collecting in America

Jennifer Tonkovich, Curator of Drawings and Printsat The Morgan Library & Museum in New York, shares the "panic and purchases" story of Pierpont Morgan in 1907. This lecture was part of the symposium "Money for the Most Exquisite Things: Bankers and Collecting from the Medici to the Rockefellers," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection, March 1, 2013

Pippa Shirley, Head of Collections of the Waddesdon Manor at The Rothschild Collection, The National Trust, shares how the history of the Rothschilds as collectors. This lecture was part of the symposium "Money for the Most Exquisite Things: Bankers and Collecting from the Medici to the Rockefellers," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection, March 1, 2013

Charles Sebag-Montefiore, Independent Scholar and Trustee of The National Gallery in London, discusses the Barings, a dynasty of art collectors. This lecture was part of the symposium "Money for the Most Exquisite Things: Bankers and Collecting from the Medici to the Rockefellers," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection, March 1, 2013 to 

Daniella Ben-Arie, Independent Scholar from New York, discusses Henry Hope, the patron and collector. This lecture was part of the symposium "Money for the Most Exquisite Things: Bankers and Collecting from the Medici to the Rockefellers," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection, March 1, 2013 to