LAS VEGAS — A restored, fully operational 1920 Henderson Four Model K was the top sale Thursday at the Auctions America by RM event at the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, as a three-day, three-auction marathon kicked off at three locations here.
It was touch and go all the way in a several-day marathon auction that ended in the early morning hours of the final day.
A marathon auction of Sir Jimmy Savile's huge collection of mementos and personal belongings has raised around £320,000 for his charities.
Or at least, all the major lots were briskly gaveled away during the marathon three-day auction last week of flotsam from the foundering of the bankrupt Tavern on the Green.
Being the first sale in a four-night marathon of contemporary art auctions has its advantages and its disadvantages.
The city is planning four days of events, including silent auctions, a walking tour of downtown, a marathon reading of the book in the county courthouse and a birthday party on the courthouse lawn.
Add a passel of events devoted to contemporary Asian art, along with the auctions, and the situation is clear: a marathon stretch of looking, judging, sorting, tsk-tsking and oh-mying, not to mention wheeling and dealing.
The meal itself requires marathon sprints between Manhattan art fairs, auctions and galleries, not to mention Asia-intensive institutions like the Metropolitan Museum, Japan Society and Asia Society, all with new shows this spring.
Talk story about a marathon Burgundy wine-tasting at Montrachet restaurant, followed by a charity auction.
By Bill Buford The New Yorker, March 13 ,2000 P. 32 Talk story about a marathon Burgundy wine-tasting at Montrachet restaurant, followed by a charity auction..
