then someone , presumably one of the buyers , had tipped off a small but influential online arts journal , which had featured a brief interview with george - but not kumiko , who had asked him to please be whatever sort of public face the tiles might need - as a 'potential rising star ' , and before the end of that week they 'd not only had a number of enquiries to buy the at-that-point still-unfinished fifth tile , but also offers of initial meetings and even representation from different art dealers .