| Gala Auction Feels a Chill From Wall Street’s Slump At the 2008 Robin Hood Foundation benefit, hedge fund managers donated $56.5 million to charity. But many of the market wizards are making less these days and they are giving away less, too. nytimes.com |
Versace Sale a Success, Despite Questioned Item A Sotheby’s auction of items from Gianni Versace’s Italian villa yielded sales of over $10 million, but a painting was withdrawn because of suspicion that it was stolen, Reuters reported. nytimes.com |
An Auction of ‘Nature’s Sculpture’: Rare Dinosaur Skulls The skull of a Triceratops sold for $242,000 and that of a Tyrannosaurid went for $206,000 at Bonhams & Butterfields in Manhattan. nytimes.com |
Even Humble Collectibles Drive Fierce Bidding At sales in London of ordinary 20th-century posters and commonplace furniture, buyers ignored the recession. nytimes.com |
When Famous Owners Sell Famous Paintings When Famous Owners. nytimes.com |