To the casual visitor, Berry-Hill Galleries would seem the picture of prosperity.

His most recent exhibition of new paintings was in 2002 at Berry-Hill Galleries in Manhattan.

At the opening of his latest show at the Berry-Hill Gallery in Manhattan, he greeted visitors for three hours without flagging.

He is an associate director of the Berry-Hill Galleries in New York, which specializes in American 19th- and 20th-century art.

But the consignor, had to settle for the $750,000 (£468,750) Berry-Hill Galleries paid this time.

"We are as busy now as we have been since 1989," said James Berry Hill of Berry-Hill Galleries.

She is an art dealer at Berry-Hill Galleries in Manhattan, of which her father is a director and an owner.

As a result he works solely with the Berry-Hill Galleries in Manhattan.

The show will move on Sept. 11 to the Berry-Hill Galleries on East 70th Street in New York.

Her father, who is retired, was president of Berry-Hill Galleries in New York, which her brother now heads.