| When Big Becomes Too Big, a Dream House Goes to Auction Unable to sell their home, a Connecticut couple borrowed a page from the foreclosure world and opened a five-week auction with bids starting at $19 million. nytimes.com |
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week Treasury’s schedule of financing this week. nytimes.com |
Hard Times Hit Auction Houses Now that the years of stratospheric prices and high living are over, Sotheby’s and Christie’s are laying off scores of employees, restructuring departments and cutting costs. nytimes.com |
Lincoln Stamps Bring Neary $2 Million at a New York Auction One of the foremost collections of stamps bearing Lincoln’s portrait was auctioned in New York by Spink Shreves Galleries, bringing nearly $2 million including commissions. nytimes.com |
Buyers for Warhol and Calder A 1963 painting from Warhol’s famous “Death and Disaster” series and an early mobile by Calder were among the top sellers at Sotheby’s on Thursday. nytimes.com |