I want you to put yourself in the shoes of Larry and Virginia Borders, a Durham, North Carolina, couple who have been married for more than 50 years.

Early in their marriage, the Borders received a couple of pieces of art as gifts from a family friend. One of the pieces was an ink drawing titled “Centralia Madonna” by artist Charles White, one of the most important Black artists of the 20th Century—although the Borders didn’t know any of that at the time. A few years later, an artist friend of theirs told them about White’s significance, suggested the drawing might be an original, and encouraged them to hold onto it. Although they displayed the drawing at their home, the Borders hadn’t had it appraised, shown it to an art dealer, insured it, or displayed it publicly for more than four decades.

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