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News: Ricky Martin, Moths, Pit Stains, Randy Harrison

Andy Towle December 21, 2006

You can own Ricky Martin's signed Vaio laptop. And well, if it's true what they say about old hard drives — that nothing on them is ever truly erased … [Read more...] about News: Ricky Martin, Moths, Pit Stains, Randy Harrison

Andy Towle December 20, 2006

Witch hunt at Ted Haggard's New Life Church: have you f**ked these men? Is Prison Break's Dominic Purcell moonlighting as a model on Manhunt.net? … [Read more...] about News: Dominic Purcell, Judy Garland, Iraq, Mitt Romney

Andy Towle December 19, 2006

Hundreds of people lined up in London in order to buy a limited-edition Banksy print, which spoofed the famous photograph of U.S. soldiers in Iwo … [Read more...] about Banksy Fans Line up for “Iwo Jima” Prints in London

Andy Towle December 13, 2006

At the time of this posting, the hat worn by Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain has passed the $5,000 mark, with five days still to go. Proceeds benefit … [Read more...] about Jake Gyllenhaal’s Brokeback Cowboy Hat for Sale on eBay

Andy Towle November 20, 2006

Controversy has sprung up around a Dolly Parton portrait said to be an Andy Warhol that was put on the block at Sotheby's blowout contemporary art … [Read more...] about Warhol Portrait of “Sugary” Dolly Parton Questioned

Andy Towle November 16, 2006

An auction of contemporary art at Christie's set records yesterday with 64 individual works going for a whopping total of $239.7 million. Among the … [Read more...] about Art Market on Fire: Auctioned, Sold, and Stolen

Andy Towle November 10, 2006

The Truman Capote auction that I posted about in October went off yesterday at Bonhams, and the items, previously owned by Capote's close friend … [Read more...] about Truman Capote Auction Pulls in $242,000

Andy Towle October 24, 2006

Street artist and pop culture prankster Banksy is probably the only artist I can think of who could copy a Warhol and get an extravagant price for it. … [Read more...] about Bidding Frenzy for Banksy Warhol Fakes of Kate Moss

Andy Towle October 19, 2006

An unknown bidder paid $643,000 yesterday for this portrait of Andy Warhol, a platinum print on linen with four silk panel, according to Christie's … [Read more...] about $643K: Mapplethorpe Portrait of Andy Warhol Sets Record

Andy Towle October 16, 2006

Infamous, the second Truman Capote biopic in as many years, failed to scrounge up much interest at the box office in its debut weekend, despite … [Read more...] about More of Truman Capote’s Belongings to be Auctioned