41.   Of course, composers are becoming the beneficiaries of corporations, not of private collectors and public institutions.

42.   Often, such works are put on the open market, where museums must compete with deeper-pocketed private collectors.

43.   Occasionally, private collectors of African-American art donate works to universities or other institutions that seem able to catalog and display them.

44.   One of the Dutch paintings was bought at auction, the other from a private collector.

45.   Prospective bidders include institutions and private collectors.

46.   Private collectors from London and the United States are lenders, too, as are several museums.

47.   Private collectors were the largest segment of buyers, said de Pury.

48.   Rare meteorites act as their own currency, giving private collectors access to collections at the most prestigious museums.

49.   Private collectors can sell guns without background checks at gun shows or flea markets or over the Internet.

50.   Salvagers want to preserve the right to sell artifacts to private collectors.