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Leaving Christie's Yet another Christie's veteran has left the auction house.

When he left the auction that day, he thought the 10 lofts that had sold had gone too cheaply.

"The bottom line is you left the auction and another party was chosen," Judge Carol Doyle of United States Bankruptcy Court said in dismissing the objection.

Christopher Eykyn and Nicholas Maclean — former Christie's experts who left the auction world five years ago to go into business together — run a by-appointment-only gallery out of a space at 23 East 67th Street.

As I left the auction, I had visions of a Russian tycoon's wife or a Wall Street banker's mistress greedily ogling her acquisition and thinking, "Once Liz's, now — mine!" Somehow it wasn't a cheering image.

Mr. Toussie tries to keep his profile low; as he left the auction Tuesday, he declined to be photographed for the newspaper and headed into a ballroom bathroom and refused to come out.

But contrary to rumors, he is not leaving the auction house.

Mr. Pinault looked pleased as he was leaving the auction room.

Promising a minimum price at auction can coax an owner into selling, but it leaves the auction house vulnerable.

A MOVE FROM CHRISTIE'S Ken Yeh, Christie's chairman for Asia, is leaving the auction house after 16 years to head up Asian sales for the Acquavella Galleries.

Five foreign banks that had been expected to bid in the auction have dropped out in recent weeks, leaving the auction mainly to Brazilian bidders.