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...they're after. "They're throwing as much at him as they can, no matter the merits," says White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. But Democrats aren't the only ones digging. Several Abramoff investigators are Republican appointees, as is the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch...
...spectacularly rich man's sport, as evidenced by the bidding frenzy that took place last week at Christie's in New York City, where $491 million worth of Impressionist and modern art changed hands--the priciest art auction in history. Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II sold for $87.9 million, obliterating the presale estimate of $40 million to $60 million. Three other Klimts--part of a collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II and recently returned to the owner's heirs--fetched a combined $104 million. An anonymous moneybags phoned in a $40.3 million winning...
...Jasper Johns and Willem de Kooning for a combined $143.5 million. Geffen also sold a Jackson Pollock last week for $140 million, making it the single biggest art sale ever. It topped the previous record breaker--cosmetics magnate Ronald Lauder's purchase of Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I in June for $135 million. Although Geffen is rumored to be liquidating some art to make a bid for the Los Angeles Times, it's just as possible that the man senses a market peak when he sees...
...million Amount paid by cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder for Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait Adele Bloch-Bauer I?the highest price ever paid for a painting $104 million Price paid in 2004 for Picasso's 1905 Boy With a Pipe, the previous record holder
...MILLION Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-Bauer...