Pretty soon now, I will be bitter

Anyone who's looking for something non-cinco-de-mayo- related to do tonight should head on over to Christies Auction House for part two of the big Refco photography liquidation sale. (Refco, as you may recall, is a disgraced and bankrupt futures brokerage.)

Most lots are being sold without reserve. Apparently, at the first of the three auctions two weeks ago, someone bought Mapplethorpe self-portraits, estimated at $15,000, for $2,640.

Anyhow, it's a pretty amazing collection: Ruscha, Arbus, Eggleston, Matthew Barney, Mapplethorpe, Crewsdon, Sherman.

I would kill and eat someone for this Richard Avedon photo [see above] from his American West collection.

It's estimated at $30-50K. Look ma, whatta bargain!