| Treasury Auctions Set for This Week Treasury’s schedule of financing this week. nytimes.com |
A Christie’s Record for a Chinese Oil A Minimalist 1950s oil-on-masonite painting, “Cats and Birds,” by the celebrated Chinese artist Sanyu fetched a record $5.4 million at Christie’s Hong Kong auction, Reuters reported. 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 |
The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder Art auctions leave a trail of question marks. Who bought the van Gogh? Who bought the Johns? Last week, when an anonymous buyer paid $106.5 million for a Picasso, the secrecy felt especially irksome. nytimes.com |
Masterson Blanks the Red Sox The black Mizuno bat that Pete Rose used for his final hit — record No. 4,256 — is being auctioned by a New York firm that expects it to become one of the most expensive bats ever sold. nytimes.com |