Word: auction
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...made more money playing Zack Morris on “Saved by the Bell,” but in an impromptu appearance at the Quincy House Auction over the weekend, Mark-Paul Gosselaar won not only $400 for the People’s House but a hot kiss...
Members of Quincy HoCo took the opportunity to expand the program of their house auction. Gosselaar graciously offered to put up a kiss and a game of poker for popular bidding. Asked who would get to kiss or be kissed, he responded, “I’d rather do the kissing...
...group of about 90 students in his class at HBS—and their section chair, Senior Associate Dean Janice H. Hammond, have organized several events to achieve their goals. They arranged a Valentine’s Day fund-raiser in February and hosted an online auction, which ended last week...
Record prices and million-dollar sales have become so common-in the art world that no one took much notice when Christie's, the prestigious international auction house, announced in 1981 that it had sold three paintings by the Impressionist masters Degas, Gauguin and Van Gogh for a total of $5.6 million. But earlier this month Christie's U.K. chairman, David Bathurst, admitted that he had lied about selling two of the paintings...
...confession emerged from a suit that a Swiss art dealer filed against the 209-year-old firm for breach of contract in failing to sell the works. Although the Degas fetched a record price, bids for the other two works fell below the minimum set by the auction house and thus were not accepted. Bathurst said he reported the false sales in order "to maintain stability in the art market." The suit was dismissed because the judge said Christie's was not responsible for the vagaries of the market. In a statement issued last week, Christie's board said...