Ex-Getty Curator Got Loan From Collectors

Ex-Getty curator Marion True got a loan from two collectors only days after the Getty bought their collection. “True was a driving force behind the Getty’s 1996 acquisition of Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman’s 300-piece collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan artifacts, considered one of the finest private antiquities holdings in the world. The Getty paid $20 million for 32 pieces in the collection, and received the rest as a donation. Three days after the deal was closed, records show, Lawrence Fleischman agreed to lend True $400,000 with an interest rate of 8.25 %, market rate at the time.”