October 12, 2007

Randolph College Will Auction Some of Its Valuable Paintings

By ERIN STROUT

The Randolph College Board of Trustees has voted to sell four paintings from the college museum's collection at auction, hoping to make more than $32-million and help the institution regain its financial footing.

Within hours of the vote last week, the works, widely perceived to be among the most valuable in the college's collection, were removed from the Maier Museum of Art on the campus and sent to New York, to be auctioned in November at Christie's. The director of the museum, Karol

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