"I wouldn't be surprised if someone outside the American paintings field bought it".
In 1881 Field bought out Leiter for $2,500,000, changing the name of the firm to Marshall Field and Company.
It appeared overnight on a field bought by gypsies from a farmer, who is now full of remorse.
EBay has shown a growing interest in the field, buying a German competitor, Brands4friends, late last year for about $200 million in cash.
AOL has made a major play in this field, buying the leading banner network, Advertising.com, and Lightningcast, a video network.
Their success on the field bought them some tolerance from São Paulo's professional class, which initially perceived them as anarchists and bearded Commies.
In February Nuance Communications, one of the leading firms in the field, bought BeVocal, a smaller rival, to gain access to its mobile-services technology.
"She's out in the field, buying, and I'm here," said Patricia Black, Albright's creative director, a tall woman with a wry and decisive manner, who looked chic in jeans, a white T-shirt, and heels.
While most other oil concerns hesitated, Chevron bet big on the Tengiz field, buying a 50percentt stake in a huge find of six billion to nine billion barrels of oil hard against the Caspian Sea and far from any pipeline.
I asked her grandfather for one of the old tires in his field, bought some rope at the market, and had the older kids in her family help me tie it to a low branch.
