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...there: lies, low blows, sexual politics, thievery, bribery, betrayal and greed. In his first foray into popular fiction, Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and editor in chief of Connoisseur magazine, takes us into the international art arena, where a masterpiece has come up for auction. On the block is the Marchesa Odescalchi, a sexy full-length portrait by the 17th century Spanish master Diego Velasquez of his alleged mistress. Experts predict that the portrait will bring at least $11 million, an auction record for a single painting. Among the main competitors in the battle...
This week's auction of the Iron Butterfly's possessions by the Philippine Presidential Commission on Good Government is expected to yield about $750,000 toward financing a worldwide hunt for what could total billions of dollars in Marcos assets. There were signs at the 66th Street town house, formerly the Philippine consulate, that the choicest goodies had been lifted: empty jewel boxes whose satin linings still bore the impress of glinting valuables, and clean blanks on walls where paintings by Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh and Goya had hung. Over the decade, Mrs. Marcos' New York City purchases alone topped...
...pockets"--were married outdoors on a working ranch in a small grove of oak trees by a creek. Thinking about the troubled farm economy, Rancher John Wilson looked around and said, "It's a happy thing to see all the cars here and not have it be an auction...
...book auction also got a rise out of Georgia's Sam Nunn, top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Ethics laws ban federal officials from using their office for private gain, and Nunn complained that Perle's proposal was a convenient fiction designed to cash in on his Government experience. Perle replied that he does not intend to begin writing or accept the money until he leaves office...
Sophomore Mitch Berman won the right to stage a rally for the cause of his choice at a Dunster House "Dutch Auction" in December. Berman chose to rally behind his favorite cause--the Mets...