Monterey’s $343 million car auctions reveal a red-hot market trib.al/n5G1IYq

Hagerty is going public, giving stock-market investors the first chance to bet on the classic-car market. Prices up 193% over past decade. Hagerty valued at $3 billion, expanding into classic-car rentals, events, memberships and content. cnb.cx/2Uw35yc

More signs of the Covid resurgence in Los Angeles: An Oct 2 memorial service for Eli Broad, the philanthropist who died in the spring, has been postponed. "We must reevaluate what’s best for the health and well-being of our guests."

Wait until you guys find out EVERY arts organization has to throw big fancy parties for very rich people to stay solvent

Ferrari reports record orders in 3Q, “particularly in China and the U.S.” Ferrari shipments totaled 2,750 units, up 19% over last year, including first deliveries of the SF90 Spider.

What a quote by Eric "Noah" Goodman MBA of Christie's in this The Guardian article about #NFTs: “I look at my life as pre-Beeple and post-Beeple,” he adds. “The same way the world thinks about before Jesus Christ and after. Beeple is kind of my Jesus.” theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

And the buyer of beeple’s ‘HUMAN ONE’ at Christie's an hour ago is…

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Prediction: DAOs will prove to be more important than NFTs. The people will soon own artifacts, great works of art, even sports team. Assets that were traditionally out of reach for the average person to own will someday be sold in shares/tokens (similar to how stocks are now).

art basel 2019: art basel 2021:

The Canvas Monthly's Collectors Issue is here. My cover story with Komal Shah, one of the top art collectors in the world- covering some of the most controversial subjects in the art market today.

Victoria is fantastic. But the idea this was unexpected is… unexpected

NYT crossword at 10pm, Wordle at midnight, Spelling Bee in the morning…we need one more game, a late afternoon game

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The Canvas Monthly's latest issue just dropped with two new studio visit interviews of mine. If you aren't a subscriber yet, you are missing out. 1/2: Eddie Martinez

The Canvas Monthly's latest issue 2/2: Jonas Wood

Thank you Bill Perkins Bill Perkins (Guy) for making auction history for #ErnieBarnes with all of us Christie's tonight!

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Watch until the very end. It gets better and better all the way through

Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School have aggressively and effectively addressed issues raised by Hamas terror and subsequent anti-Semitic speech. The Harvard University response is not nearly as strong. This is very unfortunate at a time of moral crisis.