Pa. Officials Find Artwork in Schools (Worth Tens of Millions)

[Khephra]

PHILADELPHIA -- To the delight of school officials, a multimillion-dollar treasure trove of 19th- and 20th-century art has been discovered in basements, boiler rooms, closets and hallways in Philadelphia's cash-strapped public schools.

The artworks -- 1,200 works in all, including paintings, sketches, sculptures, murals, tapestries and ancient artifacts -- had been donated to the school system or bought for small sums long ago.

But over the decades, many of them were taken down when the walls were painted and were put into storage, where they apparently were forgotten altogether.

The collection is probably worth tens of millions of dollars, school officials and art experts said.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-school-art,0,1065168.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines

[bleedingheart]

1. Don't tell the repub assembly...they may want to confiscate it

and sell it to build another stadium or arena...

[Khephra]

2. Maybe they'll find the Holy Grail in their collection?

It's possible...it's possible.

;-)

[bleedingheart]

4. It just might happen Khephra...!

haven't posted on a thread with you in a while...how ya doin?

[Khephra]

6. Pretty good...how you doing these days?

Not much up here these days. I live a pretty boring life right now.

:hi:

[bleedingheart]

7. okay

I am looking forward to boring for the next few weeks after mine and my husband's health problems...

Then I kick into high gear for campaign season...I gotta house party planned in August for a local state senator ...and from there...it will be crazy...

[flamingyouth]

3. That's amazing

I hope they can sell the art and actually use the $ to improve their schools.

[boobooday]

5. I went to elementary school near there

And I have distinct memories of some amazing paintings in our decrepit old building, which was condemned when I was in 2nd grade.

These were full-on oil paintings, many of them portraits.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[1monster]

8. So why can't I find something like this in MY basement?

Oh. That's right. I live in Florida. I don't have a basement. :(

[Tellurian]

9. How maRVELOUS!!

What a wonderful thing..

I hope someone has the forethought to designates ownership of the priceless collection to the school district before a municipal/state or federal government step in to commandeer the collection by eminent domain, years down the road..