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Article: When West Goes East
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- Southwest Art
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- October 1, 2008
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A Florida businessman amasses a remarkable collection of western artwork
IT ALL BEGAN during a raging snowstorm in Aspen, CO. Tom James, chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial, Inc., which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, decided that since he couldn't ski in the blinding whiteout, he'd go shopping instead.
James, who already owned an impressive collection of artworks from Florida and New England, had begun traveling to the West in the 1980s. "When I got out there, I went into the galleries and museums and admired all the western art," recalls James, who bought a house in Snowmass, not far from Aspen. "But in fiscal restraint, I deferred collecting any of it and continued to ...