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There is a group of Black men who hold court, convening their own salon of sorts, outside of a coffee shop I walk by almost every day.

Although an array of satellite fairs and pop-up shows engulf the entire city, the priciest sales are still brokered at the convention center, where a who’s who of selected dealers hold court.

“Every night, for years on end, she and Fraser would hold court at the dinner table, where they indulged all manner of questioning, teaching their children to believe in the power and worth of their own voices,” the statement read.

But as the incumbent, he was given the first speaking slot — and he used it to hold court uninterrupted for nearly an hour.

“It sounds weird to say that this story was personal to me because obviously I wasn’t involved in the Holocaust, but I do remember the war,” says Hopkins, 86, currently writing his memoirs and pleased to hold court in a suite at London’s Dorchester Hotel.