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Perspectives: Collectors and Crooks

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Tallahassee’s Goodwood Museum and Gardens is now featuring a collection of Clementine Hunter’s iconic artwork depicting Louisiana plantation life.  After years of obscurity, Hunter’s work grew to such value that it was forged and FBI Special Agent Randy Deaton led the investigation that led to the forger’s guilty plea.  Joining the discussion with Agent Deaton, Hunter biographer and collector Tom Whitehead and Goodwood Co-Executive Director Nancy Morgan.