“If you don’t have the box, it’s worth half,” Mr. Korff said. So Mr. Korff has a box for every item in his collection, which he keeps stuffed in a closet in his third-floor attic. “It’s a three-day event.”PhotoA growing interest in contemporary Japanese clay artwork among museums around the country shows that Mr. Korff was ahead of the curve. Wiry and diminutive (he’s 5-foot-4), Mr. Korff, 62, grew up in New York City, where his mother taught modern dance, and his father taught drama in YMCA’s. Mr. Korff’s obsessive personality is also evident in his collection of vintage steel bikes from the 1970s and ’80s — he owns 10 — which he rides exclusively.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2016 18:08 UTC