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Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness.…

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This book is as much about a love affair over the years as it is about the great classical artists, their work, and the New York art gallery scene. The attraction that Daniel had to the ambitious but less interested Lacey underpins the narrative which is written from his Point of View. As the story unfolds, the reader is given an appreciation of the referenced art through the use of full color reproductions embedded within the text. There are also evocative and memorable one liners peppered into the story. For example: “Sometimes money falls like light snow on open palms,…

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