The auction earned Batlle almost forty thousand dollars, which helped her convince her father that there were eager buyers for coddled coffee.
The auction earned $330,000, with highlights including "Skull," a sculpture made with synthetic materials and a stuffed ferret, by the Belgian artist Jan Fabre, which went for nearly $32,000, and "Burnt Trophies," an installation with stuffed birds and hunting trophies, by Mr. Dion, which netted $33,000.
He expects the auction to earn from $1 million to $2 million, he said.
At last year's auction, which earned $267,000 total for the charity, Mr. Ripert's dinner for 12 went for $80,000.
Julien estimates that, conservatively speaking, the auction will earn between $600,000 to $800,000.
This forced UPMC to pay very elevated interest rates on its ARS for another 30-45 dand allowedowed Goldman to continue earning auction fees and to generate commissions selling the securities to its hedge fund clients.
A former chemical engineer, Moorjani started Indian art auction house Saffronart before earning a Harvard M.B.A. in 2003.
(Of course, dealers and auction houses also earn commissions on this kind of profiteering).
