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Article: The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Alexandra Clough Column.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- August 4, 2002
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By Alexandra Clough, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 4--Carl DeSantis, ex-vitamin king and multimillionaire, has a thing for knickknacks.
That's according to collector Sara Parker, who claims in a lawsuit that DeSantis, "much like a kid in a candy store," told her in 1997 to start spending his money on "goodies." He even told her to charge him whatever she wanted as a fee, she claims.
Parker says DeSantis told her he'll "never be able to spend all his money in this lifetime." But he's trying.
DeSantis shelled out more than $9 million on ceramics, art, jewelry, and furniture bought by Parker, ...