The report contains detailed findings on all 16 applicants in earlier bidding, which resulted in recommendations for new casinos in the Catskills, Schenectady and the Finger Lakes. (wamc.org)
But that seemed like a steal compared to the Warhol that came just three lots later, a silver, straightforward Marilyn Monroe silkscreen, just 20 by 16 inches, that saw early bids from Alberto Mugrabi and a man in the front row but eventually came down to incremental Christie's phone bids and hammered at $ 36.5 million, just over double its high estimate. (observer.com)
The board decided to bring the building, a 1930s schoolhouse at Illinois Highways 31 and 56, into a safe and «marketable» condition after earlier bids to substantially upgrade the building topped $ 1 million. (articles.chicagotribune.com)