| Nudes of Kate Moss to be auctioned
Nude photographs of Kate Moss will be sold at an auction in London next month among a series of other pictures of the British supermodel. The photos will be auctioned May 31, Christies auctioneers said Monday. Two nude portraits, a 1996 print by Irving Penn and a 6-by-6-foot square image by Albert Watson, are expected to sell for about $44,000 and $30,000 respectively, the auction house said. A set of six prints of Moss without makeup, taken by Chuck Close, could sell for up to $40,000, Christies said. An unpublished photo, being sold by one of the 33-year-olds friends, is expected to sell for about $12,000. The portrait, taken by photographer Corinne Day in 1990, was shot in London two years after Moss was discovered at a New York airport at age 14. Another shot taken by Day in 1993 for Vogue magazine, which features a 19-year-old Moss, is expected to sell for $14,000.
Canadian couple's rare painting fails to reach reserve price at ...
TORONTO (CP) - "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May," the 1909 John William Waterhouse painting inspired by a Robert Herrick poem of the same name, failed to gather the windfall that a Canadian couple was looking for at auction Wednesday. Sotheby's in New York said the oil-on-canvas work depicting young women picking flowers in a meadow failed to reach its reserve price - the confidential, minimum price that the seller is willing to accept. Bidding on the painting stopped at US$1.35 million and the couple withdrew it from sale, said Sotheby's, which had estimated it would fetch between US$1.75 million and $2.5 million. The auction estimate wasn't unreasonable, since pieces by the famed British artist typically sell for high prices, said Ben Doller, vice-chairman of Sotheby's.
EBay auctions fight genocide
LIVERMORE Getting glamorous for a good cause is the idea behind a Livermore resident's eBay auction that will end Tuesday. Daphne K. McCorery, 40, is auctioning off 13 pieces of her own art, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Genocide Intervention Network. McCorery said she joined the network several months ago after reading about it in a People magazine article. "I'm starting to be more aware and concerned what's going on not just in local communities, but abroad," she said. "Eventually I'd like to do a lot more fundraising." A caregiver in her day job, McCorery said she's been creating artwork all her life, most recently focusing on collages before getting started on her newest form: glam art. She has combined her love for collages andfashion illustration into fashion-friendly pieces.
Thompson leads charge to require school bids
County officials voted to set back construction on four new Sumner schools and eight renovations Monday, saying they wanted to see architects compete for the design contracts. Commissioners on the budget committee wouldn't fund the Sumner school board's decision to hire two often-used architectural firms to oversee the building program, which was approved by the education committee last month. .
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