On May 30, 2013, Barone submitted the winning bid to purchase the Telling Mansion, which, at the time,  was home to the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
The Telling Mansion is an Ohio Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
On September 25, 2015, the Telling Mansion became the permanent home of the Museum of American Porcelain Art (MAPA), a public 501 (c)(3) which Barone established in 2014 through the donation of his personal collection.
Shortly thereafter, on October 1, 2015, MAPA, with the backing of Barone, purchased the Edward Marshall Boehm Porcelain Company of Trenton, New Jersey.
The company is considered to be the most widely recognized creator of porcelain art in the world.
Boehm Porcelain Art is displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Buckingham Palace, and the Vatican Museums.

Along with partner Robert Arace, he launched the Boehm Showroom on the former site of the Boehm Porcelain Company in Trenton, New Jersey.
On May 30, 2013, Barone submitted the winning bid to purchase the Telling Mansion, which, at the time,  was home to the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. The Telling Mansion is an Ohio Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. On September 25, 2015, the Telling Mansion became the permanent home of the Museum of American Porcelain Art (MAPA), a public 501 (c)(3) which Barone established in 2014 through the donation of his personal collection. Shortly thereafter, on October 1, 2015, MAPA, with the backing of Barone, purchased the Edward Marshall Boehm Porcelain Company of Trenton, New Jersey. The company is considered to be the most widely recognized creator of porcelain art in the world. Boehm Porcelain Art is displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Buckingham Palace, and the Vatican Museums.
Along with partner Robert Arace, he launched the Boehm Showroom on the former site of the Boehm Porcelain Company in Trenton, New Jersey.
Richard A. Barone