News and updates from around the arts and auction community:
- Hen’s teeth, pink elephants or the dodo bird — which is more rare? We can’t be sure, but we do know which will be making an appearance at auction in November, and it’s expected to earn a six-figure price. [Read more from The Independent]
- “I should have killed you…” writes Clyde Barrow in a 4-page letter he and Bonnie Parker sent to one of their gang members incarcerated at the Dallas County Jail. What was behind the vicious comment? Money, of course. The handwritten letter will be auctioned next month. [Read more in an Associated Press report via CBS News]
- A Belgian couple scouring online classified ads had a hunch they had stumbled upon a long-lost Willem de Kooning and bought it for $500. It’s real, and it’s worth much, much more. [Read more from artnet]
- Star Wars fans, take note. A cheeky parrot who sounds like R2-D2 is on the lam. The talented avian named Paco can also do wolf whistles and mimic microwave ovens, smoke detectors and trucks. If you’ve seen him — or heard him — his owner is anxious to get him back, and he’s offering a reward. [Read more at CentralMaine.com]
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