Claim: David Bowie Is had a 75,000 private collection that Geoffrey Marsh was allowed to access for free.
Evidence: Bowie had saved most of the artifacts, costumes, and props from his career and had almost 75,000 pieces in a private collection. Bowie allowed Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh, the V&A museum curators, free access to his archives for the show, although he did not get involved with how the pieces were displayed, nor the narrative of the show itself.