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this is just pretty amazing, says the guy with a new job that makes it even more interesting to him...
Nice man, this Mr. Danowski...
"Amassed over 30 years, the collection was stored first in a barn in Hertfordshire, England, and later in warehouses in London and Geneva. It is uncatalogued in any computer file and the only record of its holdings have until now been in Mr. Danowski's mind. He said that he could envision the library, virtually volume by volume, though he had never seen it all assembled. It was shipped to Atlanta in about 1,500 cardboard boxes and tea crates that filled two 40-foot-long and two 20-foot-long cargo containers.
The library has yet to be completely appraised by Emory. 'We place the value at $6 million to $7 million and counting,' Earl Lewis, the university provost, said. The gift was made earlier this year, but Emory announced it only this month because it took months for the university to determine what it had. "
this is just pretty amazing, says the guy with a new job that makes it even more interesting to him...
Nice man, this Mr. Danowski...
"Amassed over 30 years, the collection was stored first in a barn in Hertfordshire, England, and later in warehouses in London and Geneva. It is uncatalogued in any computer file and the only record of its holdings have until now been in Mr. Danowski's mind. He said that he could envision the library, virtually volume by volume, though he had never seen it all assembled. It was shipped to Atlanta in about 1,500 cardboard boxes and tea crates that filled two 40-foot-long and two 20-foot-long cargo containers.
The library has yet to be completely appraised by Emory. 'We place the value at $6 million to $7 million and counting,' Earl Lewis, the university provost, said. The gift was made earlier this year, but Emory announced it only this month because it took months for the university to determine what it had. "
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