A Shot of AG
Rob Sharkey Touched a Monet
Clip: Season 7 Episode 10 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Rob Sharkey recalls what he did when he found himself alone with a Monet.
During an agricultural leadership class visit to the Union League Club of Chicago, Rob Sharkey found himself alone with a Monet. He tells past club president Ed Cooper what happened next, and Cooper has a theory about what became of the fingerprint.
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A Shot of AG
Rob Sharkey Touched a Monet
Clip: Season 7 Episode 10 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
During an agricultural leadership class visit to the Union League Club of Chicago, Rob Sharkey found himself alone with a Monet. He tells past club president Ed Cooper what happened next, and Cooper has a theory about what became of the fingerprint.
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- We did have a Monet, yeah.
- You sold it?
- We did sell the Monet, yes.
- Is that easy?
To sell a Monet?
- I wasn't involved in the sale, so I can't tell you, but I can't imagine it's too hard.
- [Rob] No!
- It's very coveted.
It's just a matter of timing and valuation.
It's hard.
I'm not a big collector, and so evaluation of those types of things is not my wheelhouse, yeah.
- You know this story.
Our ag leadership class went up there and I don't know, I had like a phone call or something.
So they all went up to the room where the Monet was and then they moved on and I'm following them.
I find myself alone in the room with a Monet, and it's not behind glass, it's not behind ropes.
- It was just displayed.
Yeah, on the second floor, yeah.
- I touched it.
(Ed laughs) I touched a Monet and I don't regret it one bit.
Did you tell the seller that?
- They probably scrubbed your fingerprint prior to bringing it to the auction house, I would guess.
(Rob and Ed laugh)
The Civil War Roots of Chicago’s Union League Club
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Clip: S7 Ep10 | 1m 9s | Ed Cooper traces the Union League Club of Chicago’s roots to the Civil War. (1m 9s)
Ed Cooper’s Lake Michigan Triathlon
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Clip: S7 Ep10 | 1m 14s | Ed Cooper recalls his Lake Michigan swim and why it was the hardest leg of his race. (1m 14s)
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