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January 6, 1970
Dear Mark:
I am writing to suggest something to you and the Guild. As you know, there is a growing and fairly affluent black middle class in the good old U. S. of A.
Like - or probably more than other middle class Americans, they are class and status conscious.
Why wouldn't they be ripe customers for a "Black Art" division of Collector's Guild?
There are, of course, many native black artists, certainly many African ones, as well as South Americans.
One problem, of course, would be identifying your customers - that is, being able to know who these black people are, what their names and addresses are.
Another little concern I am tied up with will have by March or April a mailing list of every black professional person in the United States - doctors, lawyers, dentists, teachers and so on.
The two - the Guild's know-how and this list - could be put together rather profitably, don't you think? If you do think so, please let me know, as I am very interested in you showing me how to make money. That is to say, I'd like a piece of it. If you don't think so, let me know that too, so I can think of some other dazzling idea.
Happy new year.
Sincerely,
Julian Bond
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Mr. Mark Suckle Collector's Guild 185 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016
cc: James Bond 413 East 9th Street New York, New York