Brief item from the Buffalo News:
... should've had J.P. Losman on side ... See this item in the New York Times to get an idea of what they will be auctioning away ...
A motion to halt the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's scheduled auction of 207 antiquities was defeated by a nearly 3-to-1 ratio, officials announced this evening.
The 1,224-428 vote, held at a members-only meeting Monday in Kleinhans Music Hall, rejected appeals by members who argued the loss of prized antiquities was unjustified and that the decision-making process failed to include the public.
About 25 percent of the 6,200 members voted, many by proxy, boosting the vote total far beyond the 600 in attendance. The gathering was mandated by gallery bylaws after 5 percent of the membership signed petitions requesting one.
... should've had J.P. Losman on side ... See this item in the New York Times to get an idea of what they will be auctioning away ...