Valuable art collection found in schools

[Beaverhausen]

Valuable art collection found in schools

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- 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.


more here:http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/07/07/school.art.ap/index.html

[realisticphish]

1. yeaaah, sure

"In other news, 1200 works of art were stolen from the Philadelphia Art Museum last night..."

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Incredible!

I hope they can get the funds to preerve and restore it, so they can start making some money from it as well as get it up and showing to the public.

Exciting!!