May 20th, 2008 · With the housing market in shambles, certain properties are being pitched with more than "charming" and "must see inside." They're being auctioned as art. Of course, it helps when they have a name like Richard Neutra or Louis Kahn attached to them. A house designed by Neutra was auctioned off by Christie's last week for $15 million (it had been estimated at $25 million) and a Louis Kahn (one of his few house designs that was actually built) went on the block Sunday. Alex Schmidt of member station WHYY reports.
Keywords: housing · WHYY · shambles · auction · Christie · Richard Neutra · Louis Kahn · Neutra · Alex Schmidt
Dec 6th, 2007 · The first liquor auction since Prohibition is taking place at Christie's auction house in New York this weekend. Some bottles of rare whiskey are expected to go for tens of thousand of dollars. Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh talks about what makes these bottles of liquor so special.
Keywords: New York · N.Y · dollars · auction · whiskey · Christie · prohibiting · vulgartail Haigh
Nov 14th, 2007 · Three big auction houses -- Christie's, Sotheby's and Philips de Pury -- are selling works whose value they estimate at more than $900 million. Lindsay Pollock, a journalist specializing in the art market, considers whether the contemporary art bubble could burst.
Keywords: contemporary · auction · Philip · Sotheby · Christie · Pury · Lindsay Pollock
Oct 17th, 2007 · By New Jersey U.S. Attorney Chris Christie's count, he's prosecuted 126 Garden State officials on corruption charges in his six years on the job. Most officials Christie has prosecuted have been Democrats, and some charge him of "political profiling."
Keywords: politics · Democrats · corruption · attorney · prosecution · profiling · Garden State · Jersey · Christie · New Jersey US · Attorney Chris Christie
Jun 5th, 2007 · An extraordinary collection of historical letters has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room. Thomas Venning, director of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's of London, talks about the collection of almost 1,000 documents, including a love letter written by Napoleon.
Keywords: director · London · historian · Swiss · Cabinet · Books · extraordinary · manuscript · Christie · Napoleon · laundry · Thomas Venning
May 13th, 2007 · A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including: President George W. Bush; Queen Elizabeth II; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Roberto Tejada, a resident of Catalina Island; US Attorney Christopher J. Christie; J. P. Weiss, F.B.I. special agent; Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D - MI); Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Colonel John Nicholson; and Catholic theologian Leonardo Boff.
Keywords: residents · Jr · FBI · montage · agent · Catholic · President George · Christie · MI · theologian · Elizabeth II · Weiss
Apr 19th, 2007 · Christie's is putting up for sale the only known oil painting of Jane Austen. The portrait could fetch up to $800,000 at auction, but some skeptics say the young girl in the painting is just too pretty to be the author.
Keywords: mysteries · auction · portrait · Austen · Christie · skeptics · Jane
Apr 16th, 2007 · In case you missed it, a Swiss watchmaker is selling timepieces allegedly made from steel salvaged from the Titanic. How do you top that? You might rush off to Paris, where Christie's is about to auction the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth. Bidding starts at $200,000. But think how it would look in your garage.
Keywords: Paris · money · salvage · Swiss · Mammoth · Skeleton · auction · prehistoric · Christie · titan · watchmaker · timepieces
