VIDEO/AUDIO SOURCE INDEX — Barney Ebsworth
Updated: 2026-04-16
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1. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — "Conversations with Collectors: Barney A. Ebsworth"
   URL: https://www.nga.gov/audio-video/conversations-with-collectors/collectors-ebsworth.html
   Type: Video interview (and/or audio)
   Status: URL confirmed, page returned 403 on fetch — may require direct browser visit
   Description: NGA's collector interview series. Barney discusses his collection.
   PRIORITY: HIGH — this is likely the only professionally-produced video interview with Barney about his collection

2. CHRISTIE'S FACEBOOK VIDEO — "Collecting American Modernist Art with Barney Ebsworth"
   URL: https://www.facebook.com/Christies/videos/collecting-american-modernist-art-with-barney-ebsworth/289069318485649/
   Type: Video
   Status: URL confirmed
   Description: Christie's produced this video in connection with the 2018 Ebsworth sale
   Note: "He was so..." (title truncated in search results)
   PRIORITY: HIGH — produced by Christie's with access to the collection and possibly Barney on camera

3. SMITHSONIAN ORAL HISTORY — Audio excerpt
   URL: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-barney-ebsworth-17482
   Type: Audio excerpt (partial; full audio = 4 WAV files, 2h51m, available on request)
   Status: Excerpt playable on page. Full audio requested via Gmail draft to aaareference@si.edu
   PRIORITY: HIGHEST — Barney's own voice, 2 hours 51 minutes, recorded 1 year before death

4. KING5 NEWS (Seattle) — "Inside the mansion that broke the record"
   URL: https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/hunts-point-mansion-used-to-house-323-million-of-art/281-3b2b8e5c-8cde-4de7-a6b4-143b33a61024
   Type: TV news segment (video)
   Status: URL confirmed
   Description: Tour of the Hunts Point house after the $37.5M sale

5. EURONEWS — "Christie's auction of American art sets records"
   URL: https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/14/christie-s-auction-american-art-sets-records-hauls-318-million-n936021
   Type: News video (may contain auction footage)
   Status: URL confirmed

6. NBC NEWS — "Christie's auction of American art sets records, hauls $318 million"
   URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christie-s-auction-american-art-sets-records-hauls-318-million-n936021
   Type: News article (may contain video)
   Status: URL confirmed

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VIDEOS TO SEARCH FOR (not yet found)
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- Any St. Louis TV coverage of Barney or the 1987 SLAM exhibition
- Any travel industry videos featuring INTRAV or Royal Cruise Line
- Golden Odyssey launch footage (1974)
- Any Seattle local TV interviews with Barney
- SAM gallery opening or events featuring Barney
- Ebsworth Park / Frank Lloyd Wright House tour videos
- Any Bob Hope USO footage from the 1950s France era (background)
- Build-A-Bear Workshop early footage mentioning Ebsworth as investor