"Gotta really make some money today. Gotta pay for this tooth." Robert smiles and shows me the missing teeth which account for his accent. "And we gotta put money in the bank. The paintings, that's just fun money."
Robert and Gary have been together since 1980, when they met at Boots and Saddles, the classic Village bar. Gary was attracted to the guy Robert was with, not Robert, and he actually had his cargo-loading job transferred to Miami to get away from the obsessed Loughlin. Robert eventually tracked him down and climbed through Gary's bedroom window one night. Love at second sight.
Robert and Gary have been fixtures here for the last 20 years. They pick, deal, trade and bilk the ignorant out of their 20th century artifacts, then sell their finds to the hottest upscale design stores in the city, completing the cycle of commerce that is New York decorating.
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