Bid Sets New High for Manet Masterpiece at Auction
In London, Christie's sold Edouard Manet's La Rue Mesnier aux Paveurs for 7.7 million pounds, about $11 million, a record for an Impressionist painting. The European buyer remained anonymous, bidding from 2 million to 7 million pounds in three minutes. The 1878 Courtauld Collection work depicts Manet's Paris studio view with street workers and carriages.
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London
Edouard Manet
Christie’s
Manet
Courtauld Collection
Samuel Courtauld
Courtauld Institute of Art
Mosnier Street
Paris
New York
van Gogh
Andrea Mantegna
Names In The News From New York to Indiana
A roundup notes Metropolitan Opera star Kiri Te Kanawa and Helen Hayes at Rockefeller Center light ceremony with Peter Allen and Santa, Haydenettes, and Rockefeller Center Christmas Chorale entertaining about 70,000 viewers as David Rockefeller lights a 68 foot tree. Betty Ford discusses The Betty Ford Story on ABC, Patti LaBelle receives Philadelphia Art Alliance Award of Merit, and Reagan ranch taxes rise 6.3 percent with a low assessed value. Former Indianapolis 500 racer David Salt Walther jailed over alleged attempts to obtain Dilaudid prescriptions from three Richmond doctors after a 1973 crash.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Kiri Te Kanawa
Rockefeller Center
Helen Hayes
Peter Allen
Santa Claus
Haydenettes
David Rockefeller
Rockefeller Group
The
Association To Benefit Children
Philadelphia
Patti LaBelle
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Joel Larson
Ms. LaBelle
Ordettes
Bluebells
Richmond, Ind
David “Salt” Walther
I Love Lucy Co Star Desi Arnaz Dies
Desi Arnaz, co star of I Love Lucy and husband of Lucille Ball, died in Del Mar San Diego County from cancer. Publicist Charlie Pomerantz reported Arnaz had been seriously ill since 1981 after hospitalizations for diverticulitis and multiple operations. Arnaz and Ball built Desilu and moved production to Hollywood then pioneered the three camera filming technique still used today.
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Los Angeles
Desi Arnaz
Lucille Ball
Charlie Pomerantz
Arnaz
del Mar
San Diego County
Edie
Ricky Ricardo
Lucy
Desilu
Miss Ball
New York
Hollywood
Bowling Scores Feature Large 10-D League Lanes
A long list of bowling scores from a 10-30 session shows teams led by Olson, Sellers, Good, and Kersley, with high games ranging 167 to 236 and series top values near 700s. Readouts include team names such as JAYHAWKERS LUCKY LOSERS MELVERN LAKERS and DINGALINGS among many others with individual pitcher-like scores and totals.
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Jayhawkers
D. Olson
D. Sellers
Melvern Lakers
R. Good
R.d.'s Gang
Jerry K
B. Gremminger
Terry W
Tommy W
Beatty
Auction Barn
Doris B
M. Morrow
Centropolis
D. Steele
W. Dengel
THE
P. Rickabaugh
Dingalings
J. Welborn
G. Weatherble
C. Hettler
M. Allen
Kings & Queens
J. Nielsen
3Th Streeters
F. Wise
W. Bruner
Night Crawlers
Paul B
B.R. Symons
West Wilson
A. Coffman
M. Wilson
McCall’s Electric
K. Akin
Fogle Quarry
B. Haas
Lamb-Roberts
D. Kersley
Leadbetter
K. Leadbetter
Franklin Savings
K. Spears
Gibbon‘s
R. Heth
R. Baker
Marc
Citation
R. Kruger
J. Worley
Ottawa Bus
J. Heckert
Croucher
A. Campbell
Dig Safely: Look for markers and call for gas line location
Watch for markers before digging and do not dig in marked areas. Call the 24 hour toll free safety line to learn exact locations of natural gas pipelines and report anything unusual promptly.
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Manet Masterpiece
Burbank
Calif
Betty Ford
Abc-Tv
Santa Barbara
Reagan
Santa Barbara County
Rancho del Cielo
Walther
Richmond
West Carrollton
Ohio
Wayne County
Joseph Nimitz
Laird Noller
Lincoln-Mercury
Lawrence
Kansas
Lincoln
Mercury
Alabama
Lawrence, KS
DAN Hope
Chrysler
Plymouth
Ottawa, Kansas
Sidney
H. Hughes
Mission Heating
A.C
D. Hamilton
J. Campbell
R. Berr
Whittmer Farm Mgmt
C. Reed
THUMB
J Im
Marle
Knights
Perry
M. Woiken
Artesians
G. Wilson
P. Trammel
Eldon
J. Manna
L. Edgecomb
M. Melvin
IBEAS
J. Yost
V. Taumb
Erlir
W. Cromwell
R. Brown
B. Walker
Bud’s Delights
Sue
Gutter Busters
D. Saubers
L. Gelss
Panhandle
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Bissonnet
Houston
Texas
Cereus
Strongheart
the Weuittie
Phy
Afo
SUAYL
Restrictea
Strongheart Products, Inc
Kansas City
Sm VA
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