 Their breakthrough came in 1951, when the Curator of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased two statues for the museum's collection.Helen took on the promotional and marketing side of the business, selling pieces to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and offering a porcelain bull to Mamie Eisenhower after wrangling an invitation to the White House.After the sudden death of her husband, aged 55, in 1969, Helen took over operation of the company and maintained the "Edward Marshall Boehm" logo.