We'll be happy when the exhibition is over and the paintings can come back home.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

[Not only will he break Hank Aaron 's record of 755 career home runs, he will blow it away. No less an authority than Aaron himself called him] the greatest ballplayer that has ever played the game -- bar none. ... I'm serious about this. I've watched him play and, quite naturally, people are going to start assuming that he's doing certain things. Let's forget about that. This guy is in a world of his own. They try to compare Babe Ruth and say Babe Ruth was this. There's no comparison.

But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.

The ultimate goal is enhancing the appreciation on the part of the marketplace to 19th century American art.

It's a small-enough segment of the overall art market that we were able to put our arms around it, understand it and feel confident in making expenditures in this area without having to spend 20 years in the industry learning.