Reese Palley
{{Short description|American art gallerist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}{{COI|date=December 2020}}{{Infobox person
| name = Reese Palley
| image = Reese in red hat 2010.jpg
| caption = Reese Palley in 2010
| birth_name = Reese Palley
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|1|26}}
| birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|6|3|1922|1|26}}
| education = {{Plainlist|
- The New School for Social Research (1945–1949;)
- The London School of Economics (1949–1952)
}}
| occupation = Art dealer, entrepreneur, author, sailor
| children = 3
| website = {{URL|reesepalley.com}}
}}
Reese Palley (26 January 1922 – 3 June 2015) was an entrepreneur,{{cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=John |title=Reese Palley, 93 flamboyant Atlantic City art dealer |journal=Philadelphia Daily News|date=15 June 2015}} gallerist, art dealer, author, and sailor. File:Merchant.jpg
Biography
= Art gallerist and real estate dealings =
In 1957 he opened a gallery outside the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, selling Edward Marshall Boehm's porcelain figures of animals. From 1959 to 1979, he owned and operated Objet d'Art Galleries. In San Francisco, Palley restored the V.C. Morris Gift Shop at 140 Maiden Lane, the only example of a completed Frank Lloyd Wright building in San Francisco.{{cite web|last1=Zimbardo|first1=Tanya|title=Receipt of Delivery|url=https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2012/09/receipt-of-delivery15/|website=openspace.sfmoma.org|date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=6 December 2017}}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2020}}
In 1976, Palley and a partner purchased the Marlborough-Blenheim for $6 million.{{Cite news|last=Mansfield|first=Stephanie|date=1978-05-29|title=Palley, 'Mr. Atlantic City'|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/05/29/palley-mr-atlantic-city/4bab8133-132d-4836-a78f-897035215297/|access-date=2020-12-16|issn=0190-8286}} They later rented it to Bally Manufacturing.{{Cite news|last=Janson|first=Donald|date=1977-06-11|title=Bally to Lease, Not Buy, the Marlborough-Blenheim for Casino Site (Published 1977)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/11/archives/bally-to-lease-not-buy-the-marlboroughblenheium-for-casino-site.html|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}
= NJ Lottery Commission ethics violations =
In 1983, Palley was suspended as chairman of the New Jersey Lottery commission by Governor Thomas Kean after he was charged with falsifying documents in an attempt thwart an ethics investigation into his conflict of interest. The ethics committee found that Palley sought money from a company bidding on a contract for the Lottery Commission. He pled guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to fabricate evidence in 1985.{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=MARTIN DEANGELIS, Staff|title=Atlantic City-born adventurer Reese Palley dies|url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic-city-born-adventurer-reese-palley-dies/article_ad8406c2-0ae6-11e5-a76d-572b0975efa6.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Press of Atlantic City|date=5 June 2015 |language=en}}{{Cite news|date=1983-05-11|title=JERSEY LOTTERY OFFICIAL SUSPENDED (Published 1983)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/11/nyregion/jersey-lottery-official-suspended.html|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1983-04-30|title=LOTTERY PANEL CHIEF IN JERSEY IS CHARGED WITH ALTERING DATA (Published 1983)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/30/nyregion/lottery-panel-chief-in-jersey-is-charged-with-altering-data.html|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Upi|date=1985-03-20|title=THE REGION; Ex-Lottery Chief Pleads Guilty (Published 1985)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/20/nyregion/the-region-ex-lottery-chief-pleads-guilty.html|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}
= Lorenzo de Medici Painting =
He once{{When|date=December 2020}} purchased a painting for $2,600 that turned out to be one of the five lost paintings by Raphael, this one of Lorenzo de Medici.{{Cite news|last=Knox|first=Sanka|date=1971-10-20|title='Discovered' Raphael: Some Here Sold It (Published 1971)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/20/archives/discovered-raphael-some-here-sold-it.html|access-date=2020-12-14|issn=0362-4331}} Believing the work to be a replica, Palley sold the artwork for $6,000 in 1964. After Palley sold the item, it was later authenticated as an original and auctioned at Christie's by a subsequent owner for $37.27 million in 2007.{{cite web|title=Christies lotfinder Lorenzo de' Medici|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/raffaello-sanzio-called-raphael-portrait-of-lorenzo-4942823-details.aspx/|accessdate=27 November 2017}}
= Furnitureindex =
Palley with his wife, Marilyn Arnold Palley, created the Palley Index of Danish Furniture, 1900–2000 (now called the Furnitureindex), a compilation of over 12,000 works of Danish furniture of the 20th and 21st centuries.{{Cite web|title=Furnitureindex|url=https://designmuseum.dk/furnitureindex/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Designmuseum Danmark|language=da}}
= Writing and alleged activities =
In his book Unlikely Passages, he made claims to many alleged{{Cite web|date=2015-06-05|title=Pioneering Soho Dealer Reese Palley Has Died|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/reese-palley-obituary-305402|access-date=2020-12-17|website=artnet News|language=en-US}} feats, including starting an airline company, starting a mushroom farm in caves, opening a sewing machine needle factory in Russia, smuggling a sought-after Torah out of Odessa, escaping Ethiopian gunboats on the Red Sea, and discussing ideas to run an island government with Tristan Jones.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
References
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External links
{{Wikiquote}}
- [http://www.reesepalley.com/ Official website]
- [http://2degreescentigrade.wordpress.com/ Reese Palley 2DegreesCentigrade Blog]
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