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...Wednesday, Parisian auction house Drouot began the second and final day of bidding on artwork, books, manuscripts and costumes Marceau left behind when he died at the age of 87 in September 2007. "We have 4,200 over here - certainly an original Marceau merits another bid!" prodded auctioneer Rodolphe Tessier as he stoked the bidding on Marceau's painting The Audience Observing from a reserve price of €800 ($1,080) toward its final sale at €11,000 ($14,850). "Estimating the value of such rare objects as these is impossible - it's the bidding that will determine...
...buyers were a mix of fans, private collectors and professional art merchants, says Tessier, among the many others who were drawn to view the mementos of one of France's most beloved figures. "It's as though you can feel some of what he was about as an artist in some of these paintings and drawings - both those by him and of him," says Emilie Sergent, a 28-year-old art apprentice who furiously noted down the starting and sale price of most of the objects, even though she couldn't afford any of them. "I guess coming here sort...
...exchanges with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso last month over a proposed directive to liberalize the European Union's service sector, Barroso was suddenly disinvited from a scheduled April 21 appearance on 100 Minutes for Convincing, a political show on the state-owned France 2 network. Marc Tessier, president of France Télévisions, which runs France 2, denied reports that he'd retracted the invitation at the government's request, saying he merely wanted to "avoid polemics." But Yves Loiseau, a France 2 journalist who represents employees on France Télévisions' supervisory...
...Women should have as many contraception options as are possible, and just as many options for when that contraception fails," Tessier says. "This is just another way to increase options...
...Tessier, of PCC, says she thinks this is the right choice...