THE ART NEWSPAPER - NEWS

THE ART NEWSPAPER - NEWS: "Michael Franses, the London-based textile dealer who curated -Silk and ivory-. Mr Franses recounts how Sheikh Saud asked him for lists of the greatest pieces in private collections, and then flew to see each owner and attempted to buy the pieces, sometimes with success. The Sheikh has swallowed whole collections, such as the Bokelberg group of historical photographs, for an estimated $15 million, and the Spira collection of vintage cameras."