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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this collection someday. (They must hold their breath every time he tells the press how much he would love to see a photography museum established in London.) But if they covet his holdings, who can blame them? This is a collection few museums could just go out and buy. Auction and gallery prices for photos have been rising steeply, in part because of buyers like John. Seven years ago, he bid up the price of "Glass Tears," Man Ray's landmark caprice from 1932, to $190,000, then a record for any photograph bought at auction. His collection is more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pictures From an Exhibitionist | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

Currently, eploid.com is in the midst of a 100-day auction: Each day until Nov. 15, 10 Gateway computers will be auctioned off to the bidder offering the most eploids. In the last week, some computers have gone for as little as 1,380 eploids, while others have gone for as much as 4,405 eploids...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council May Turn Potato Chips Into Computer Chips | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

...finally, since this is Harvard, I would suggest that we place the kicking responsibilities on the auction block. Every game, we could have a guest appearance by a wealthy alumnus who could endow the special teams assignment for his appearance. I can picture it now: "On to try the field goal is the Winston F. Smith Field Goal Kicker and Professor of the Point After, Winston F. Smith...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tenacious D: Who Wants To Be a Crimson Placekicker? | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...biannual ARTCETERA auction benefiting the AIDS Action Committee is a hugely, hugely big deal in the Boston art scene. Two-hundred eighty-nine works by contemporary local artists are on display from Oct. 9 through Oct. 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston, prior to being auctioned off on the 14th. To get there, take the Orange Line to Back...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Visual Arts Calendar | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...well simply be an unfortunate coincidence that the auction was won by a company with longstanding financial and political ties to Gore and his family, but it certainly doesn't help his efforts to paint himself as the nemesis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore's Big Oil Connection: An 'Occident' of Birth? | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

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