A Super Cool Dude
At Fenn's gallery peak, he had 16 employees, and his sales regularly passed by the $6 million point annually. He had dozens of celebrity guests, including Steven Spielberg, who begged Fenn to sell him his hand-carved ceiling beams, Steve Martin, who brought Fenn his girlfriend's home-baked banana bread, and the Chinese Minister of Culture, who accidentally broke the knob of his toggle light switch. Despite the celebrity attention, Fenn remained humble and elusive.
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