Herbert Vogel(1922-2012)

On two lower middle income government paychecks, and living in a rent-controlled small one bedroom apartment in Manhattan, along with his wife, Dorothy Vogel, a public librarian, Herbert Vogel a 30+ year US Postal Service Worker, collected almost 5,000 pieces of art, most by major artists, and donated about half of it to the National Gallery of Art, and the other half (in 50 piece increments) to museums in all 50 states.