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Studio 54 Memoir, Auction of Diana’s Handbag to Benefit Red Cross, and More Fresh News

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Richard P. Manning (American, 1941-2013) gelatin silver print of Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote at Studio 54. Auctioned by Palm Beach Modern Auctions on Feb. 4, 2017. Photo copyright Estate of Richard P. Manning, courtesy of LiveAuctioneers Archive/Palm Beach Modern Auctions

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • On Sept. 19 Mark Fleischman, the second owner of New York’s most famous disco of the 1970s/’80s, will release a memoir titled Inside Studio 54. His tales from behind the velvet rope are guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows. [Read more from the NY Daily News]
  • Even now, 20 years after her death, Princess Diana continues to help charities that were important to her. Designer Lana Marks has created a one-of-a-kind handbag honoring her late friend Diana, which will be auctioned to benefit the American Red Cross. [Read more from Hello]
  • Real estate has become a trendy sideline business with the Hollywood set. Jeremy Renner is a serial house flipper, and the list of celebrity landlords is a long one that includes Christie Brinkley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, Orlando Bloom, and Brooke Shields, who talks about it in the new issue of Architectural Digest. [Read more from ArchDigest.com]
  • There were few bidders and lackluster sales in the world’s first legal online auction of rhino horns. A public outcry followed a South African court’s ruling that the auction could go forward. [Read more from The Guardian]

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