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Private and public antiquities collections present disturbing parallels. What differentiates the art market and the museum? Modes of acquisition, at least in part; and the curatorial mandate to preserve, study, and display collections, however imperfectly applied. But there remain areas of troublesome confusion, illustrated by the historical relationship of museums and collectors in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Lekson, S.H. Museums and the market: Exploring Santa Fe. Nonrenewable Resources 6, 99–109 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803808
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