ACTOR AND ART COLLECTOR CHEECH MARIN

Actor and art collector Cheech Marin (L) and Tom Sokolowski, director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, examine "For the Moment, 2003," by Yoshitomo Nara during a dinner and art auction at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis on March 11, 2005. Marin is a serious collector of Chicano artwork. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

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