Dr. Klein Dali Collection Finding New Homes

Has it been about five years already, since the "secret" Dr. Edmund Klein Collection of Dali sketches was unearthed from a downtown Buffalo, New York bank vault?

I've been involved in the saga from the beginning -- and what an adventure it's been! Now the sketches, drawings, sculpture and prints have been steadily landing themselves in new collectors' homes, one as far away as that of an astute Dali aficionado/surgeon in Venezuela. Others in the collection of an internationally known Dali expert, and a business owner in Canada.

Remaining works (do I dare say they've been selling like hot cakes?) are being seriously ogled by physicians, in particular, who are finding a kind of emotional or at least professional connection with the works, dedicated to Dali's doctor, the late Edmund Klein.

New York City's William Bennett Gallery has been doing, and continues to do, a bang-up job of presenting the works to discriminating collectors who know there's not a whole lot of Dali uniques on the market. Finding ones like the Klein pieces, whose provenance is exceptional if not unprecedented in the depth of its documentation, is a real plus.

There's so much I could report about my 5-year journey with the great Klein family in general and the delightful Dali originals in particular. A journey that was not always tidy, as some "players" in the art world couldn't -- and still can't -- wrap their head (and wallets) around the fact that they're not a part of the spoils that are going to the victors.