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“I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me.” quote by Robert Barry — Download Open image

“I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me.”

Robert Barry

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