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#art

How to Turn Bronze Into Gold

The six-foot high 1960 Alberto Giacometti sculpture "Walking Man I" sold yesterday for $104.3 million, the most ever paid for a work of art. Unless you consider credit default swaps to be art, in which case this is trifling. [WSJ]
02/04/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#imagefile Click here to read <em>New York Times</em> Junk Still Available

New York Times Junk Still Available

Here, the original turnstile from the old New York Times cafeteria can be yours for only $1,350. For the same price you could hire Tom Friedman to speak for just over one minute. [Olde Good Things]
02/02/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#crapola

Skull & Bones Skull for Sale

Goodbye, mystique: A totem collector is auctioning off a magic skull/ stash box that once belonged to Yale's planet-controlling secret society Skull "n" Bones. Plus, "a black book with names and photographs of earlier members." Nick Denton, bid now! [AP]
01/05/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#playgirl Click here to read Buy Levi Johnston's Playgirl Outfit

Buy Levi Johnston's Playgirl Outfit

The man who lent Levi his hockey gear for the big day is selling off the pads, pants, gloves and — so you can make jokes — the stick and helmet on eBay. More »
12/09/09
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By Ravi Somaiya
#gawkerexclusive

Inside the Bernie Madoff Tchotchke Auction

Click here to read Inside the Bernie Madoff Tchotchke Auction
Bernie Madoff, the most successful fraudster in US financial history, is in jail. Everything he once owned went on the auction block today. Hunter Walker was there to watch people purchase souvenirs of the American financial collapse. More »
11/14/09
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By Hunter Walker
#berniemadoff

The Bernie Madoff Knick-Knack Auction

Click here to read The Bernie Madoff Knick-Knack Auction
In order to (partially) repay Bernie Madoff's victims, the Feds aren't just selling off his real estate; they're selling off every last knick-knack and bric-a-brac that might potentially raise a dollar, at auction. Sample the "Bull" crap bounty, below! More »
11/10/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#auctions Click here to read Si Newhouse (Almost) Breaks Even

Si Newhouse (Almost) Breaks Even

Conde Nast overseer Si Newhouse desperately put his Alberto Giacometti sculpture, "L'Homme Qui Chavire"—for which he'd paid $20 million— up for auction at Sotheby's yesterday. He was expected to lose $10 million on the sale. He got lucky. More »
11/05/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#moneymatters Click here to read Si Newhouse Has Some Real Nice Art For Sale, Cheap!

Si Newhouse Has Some Real Nice Art For Sale, Cheap!

Conde Nast potentate Si Newhouse is prepared to take a $10 million loss just to sell off some art and raise some cash. That can't be good. More »
11/03/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#charity

Punch a Kardashian of your choice in the face for less than $300. Bid now.

10/22/09
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#art

Tinsley Mortimer Pancaked and Robbed

Dan Lacey presents: "Tinsley Mortimer dressed as Eloise from The Plaza wearing a Kentucky Derby worthy hat being robbed by Fabiolo Beracasa dressed as Lady Bunny and Daphne Guinness dressed as Thomas Jefferson outside The Waverly Inn in New York." More »
10/13/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#ugh

For as little as $1,600, Michael Jackson's singed hair can be yours. [Sun]

10/13/09
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#mediacrack Click here to read <em>The Nation</em> Staying Afloat With Yard Sales

The Nation Staying Afloat With Yard Sales

In your fading Friday media column: America's most august lefty magazine learns how to makes Ca$h the Ebay way, Ivy League murder obsession explained, Suze Orman may wake you up soon, and some assholes still love Tom Friedman. More »
09/18/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#artifacts

Gross Leftovers From the Fall of the House of Guccione

Click here to read Gross Leftovers From the Fall of the House of Guccione
Last night we mentioned a creepy auction of the Plato's Retreat-era marble fixtures that adorned Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's notorious apartment. Here, from the auction house's web site, is a visual taste of how the Gooch lived in his heyday. More »
08/18/09
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By John Cook
#bobguccione Click here to read Estate Auction Patrons Shocked By Legendary Smut-Peddler's Poor Taste

Estate Auction Patrons Shocked By Legendary Smut-Peddler's Poor Taste

Yesterday in Norwalk, Connecticut the contents of former Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's massive former townhouse were auctioned off for charity. Not surprisingly, some of the items in the auction were, uh, different, which somehow caught some potential buyers by surprise. More »
08/18/09
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By The Cajun Boy
#fineart Click here to read Going, Going, Going Down

Going, Going, Going Down

Sotheby's profit cratered last quarter, down 87% from the year before because for some reason people don't feel like spending millions of dollars on pretty pictures. Maybe a Cash For Classicism program would help? More »
08/05/09
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By John Cook
#artifacts Click here to read Care to Spend Thousands On a Bernie Madoff Pin-Up?

Care to Spend Thousands On a Bernie Madoff Pin-Up?

Would you like an image of Bernie Madoff hung over your bed like some sort of reverse dreamcatcher? The Ponzi Ponce's former secretary is auctioning off a photo described in her Vanity Fair tell-all. Bernie gave it to her personally! More »
07/14/09
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By Richard Lawson
#salvation Click here to read Kitschy <em>Portfolio</em> Cufflinks Will Save the Media

Kitschy Portfolio Cufflinks Will Save the Media

Some brash "can-do" entrepreneur is selling a historic pair of ugly Portfolio cufflinks bearing the nonsensical slogan "Linking Business and Pleasure," which describes "Gossip" much better than "Portfolio" or "cufflinks." Please use this priceless item for the good of mediakind! More »
06/17/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#charity

The $13,000 HuffPo Intern Speaks

Click here to read The $13,000 HuffPo Intern Speaks
Last week we identified Luisa from Rio as the probable lucky future journalist who's the $13,000 high bidder on a (priceless) Huffington Post internship in a charity auction. Then she emailed us! Meet her: More »
05/18/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#recessionomics Click here to read Well Cover Me in Tiger Skin and Call Me Richie Rich

Well Cover Me in Tiger Skin and Call Me Richie Rich

The Way We Live Now: Sick of it all. You work and work to stay positive and then one day you come across some superrich asshole whose yacht's decorated in endangered animal skins. Screw it. More »
05/15/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#makingit Click here to read Meet Your (Probable) $13,000 HuffPo Intern

Meet Your (Probable) $13,000 HuffPo Intern

Who in the world would bid $13,000 for the right to be an unpaid Huffington Post intern? This lady from Brazil, we think: More »
05/14/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#thehuffpoors Click here to read HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job

HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job

Would you like to pay $13,000 for the privilege of doing free work for a website for a couple months? Too bad, kid, because the next minimum bid on the HuffPo internship is $15,500. More »
05/13/09
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By Pareene
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