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@@@@@ "She looked extremely sharp," Wireman said 313 Nannuzzi shruggedShe's helped a lot of artists, and she's been around forever That makes her important in a town where we live - to a large extent - on the transient trade "I see," Wireman saidI was glad someone did "She's a facilitator "More," Nannuzzi said"She's a kind of docentWe like to keep her happy Wireman was nodding"There's a nice artist-andgallery economy here on the west coast of Florida Mary Ire understands it and fosters itSo if the Happy Art Galleria down the street discovers they can sell paintings of Elvis done in macaroni on velvet for ten thousand dollars a pop, Mary would- " "She'd blow them out of the water," Nannuzzi said "Contrary to the belief of the art snobs - you can usually pick them out by their black clothes and teeny-tiny cell phones - we're not venal "Got it off your chest?" Wireman asked, not quite smiling"All I'm saying is that Mary understands our situationWe sell good stuff, most of us, and sometimes we sell great stuffWe 314 do our best to find and develop new artists, but some of our customers are too rich for their own goodI'm thinking of fellows like MrCostenza out there, who was waving his checkbook around, and the ladies who come in with their dogs dyed to match their latest coats Nannuzzi showed his teeth in a smile I was willing to bet not many of his richer clients ever sawThis was another world "Mary reviews every new show she can get to, which is most of them, and believe me, not all her reviews are raves "But most are?" Wireman s