FILE — Herbert Vogel, who retired as a postal clerk in 1980 but kept collecting art, with his wife, Dorothy, a librarian, at the Marisa Del Re Gallery in New York, Jan. 31, 1992. The Vogel’s amassed an astounding collection of modern art, cramming all 5,000 pieces in a rent-controlled one-bedroom apartment, and donating all of it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington and galleries in all 50 states. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
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