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Founders: #339 Joseph Duveen: Robber Baron Art Dealer

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What I learned from reading The Days of Duveen by S.N. Behrman. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Founders merch available at the Founders shop ---- Patrick and I are looking for partners. If you are building B2B products get in touch here. ---- (0:01) Duveen noticed that Europe had plenty of art and America had plenty of money, and his entire astonishing career was the product of that simple observation. (2:30) The great American millionaires of the Duveen Era were slow-speaking and slow-thinking, cautious, secretive, and maddeningly deliberate. (3:30) How Larry Gagosian Reshaped The Art World by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Founders #325) (4:30) Invest Like The Best #342 Will England: A Primer on Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds (6:00) There is an old two-part rule that often works wonders in business, science, and elsewhere: 1. Take a simple, basic idea and 2. Take it very seriously. — the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger. (Founders #329) (10:00) The art dealer Joseph Duveen insisted on making the paintings he sold as scarce and rare as possible. To keep their prices eleva

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