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London, Nov 29 : Late King of Pop Michael Jackson was reportedly planning to head back to the classroom to become a qualified art historian after his daughter Paris begged him to follow his dream of studying.

Augusto Giacometti , "Rote Rosen", 1933. Est. CHF 500,000 -700,000 . Photo: Sotheby's. GENEVA.- Sotheby's forthcoming auction of Swiss Art will be held in Zurich, at the Talstrasse 83, on Monday, 7th December 2009, at 6pm.

Auction houses are banking on a recovery at next week's series of big Russian art sales in London, at which they expect to show that the market dominated by new money is through the worst of the recession.

"4 Themes Contrepoint" was expected to sell at the New York auction house for between $50,000 and $70,000. "This is amazing to me," Agam told Haaretz Thursday.

WHEN nations grow richer, their citizens become more educated and have fewer children.

In this Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 photo, Designer Tommy Hilfiger attends the Fashion Group International's 26th annual Night of Stars honoring "The Storytellers", in New York.

June "Juner" Rosenthal has been a famed fixture on the Stamford real estate and philanthrophic scene for more than 38 years.

Marsden Hartley , "Mountains No. 22", 1930. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches . Est. $800,000/1.2 million.

PIECE OF HISTORY: Dresses worn by actress Audrey Hepburn are displayed at a press preview of the Tanja Star-Busman collection of Hepburn memorabilia at Sotheby's in New York.

When a collection of the stencil artist Banksy's work was sold at auction last year, Sotheby's said it was unusual for the company to see works with "spray paints". But Banksy collectors who saw works from Britain's most prominent stencil artist sell for more than 50,000 apiece are now cashing in, and selling up.

It's Barbie in a burkha: World-famous doll gets a makeover to go under the hammer for 50th anniversary By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:24 AM on 21st November 2009 One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha.

Posted Nov 21st 2009 at 8:00AM by Lesley Kennedy Audrey's Givenchy dresses : Chantilly lace gown; turquoise cocktail dress; black cloque silk dress; and pink silk crepe sheath.

A volcanic landscape of lifeless nudes and a Brazilian jumble of whitewashed wood topped a sizzling sale of Latin American art that was reminiscent of the heady bidding in better economic times.

What $14 million gets you in SF ... A "single family" home , of course! Actually, this remodeled 6,500-square-footer at 2342 Broadway in Pacific Heights could house half the families living in San Francisco .

At least once a year, I like to attend a wine tasting at Sotheby's to remind myself that there is no shortage of multi-hundred-dollar wines that I don't like.

Jan Schoonhoven, "Relief R 69-1", 104 x 104 cm. Executed in 1969. Estimate: 180,000 GBP - 250,000 GBP.

Carlos Luna's "Esas La Mia," left, highlights a wall of artworks that are part of a Latin American art sale on display at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov.

A bronze of a voluptuous nude holding a cigarette and a volcanic landscape strewn with lifeless limbs top this week's Latin American art auctions.

The picture is looking prettier for the beleaguered art market. The important fall evening sales at Christie's and Sotheby's that ended last week fetched a total of $423.9 million, a whopping 40% increase from the previous round of evening sales in New York last May.

Lavish holiday parties got cancelled or scaled back; designer gowns languished in closets; jewelry stayed in bank vaults; and empty storefronts multiplied in Palm Beach.