Living: Garage Sale of the Century

The glitzy auction was Andy Warhol's kind of show

Let's free-associate: Andy Warhol and what? Close your eyes. Do silver-and- rosewood tea sets come to mind? How about a Superman Touch-Tone phone or a frontal photo of a naked Yul Brynner? Allow your imagination to wander across Eskimo bone masks, prehistoric pottery and World War II medals. Try these: 18- karat-gold nail scissors and wooden merry-go-round horses.

Critics called it the garage sale of the century. Tongue-in-cheek comparisons were made with the opening of King Tut's tomb. But the auction of more than 10,000 items owned by America's most infamous artist, which ran throughout last week and had two more...

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