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HistoryBuffer buys discarded or controversial art

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StartupRealities No 136 HistoryBuffer is an international art dealership that buys controversial or discarded art works and later auctions them off to willing customers, galleries and museums. Examples include buying religious objects in countries with a different religion; or buying statues of slave traders brought down during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. CEO QUOTE "We are not arbiters of history. We just save history for posterity." said company founder and CEO Hisham Buffalo. The Thinker by Auguste Rodin in Copenhagen (image source: Wikipedia )