Vulture - Devouring Culture

Mick Jagger’s Handwritten Love Letters to the ‘Brown Sugar’ Girl Could Be Yours

If you have an extra $110,000 to spend on them. 

By Andre Tartar

Memphis Crypt Where Elvis Presley Was First Buried Goes Up for Auction

Don't worry, his body is at Graceland.

By Andre Tartar

See the (Rumored) First Sketch Ever of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Once upon a time, the turtles were in black and white.

By Eliot Glazer

Who Won the Movie Rights to 50 Shades of Grey?

The erotic book trilogy has found a studio home.

By Kyle Buchanan

Michael Jackson’s Furniture Fetches Top Dollar

Furnishings used, but not owned, by the King of Pop go for enormous sums at auction.

By Bryan Hood

Unseen Michael Jackson Footage Fails to Sell at Auction

The video was expected to go for over $6 million. 

By Caroline Bankoff

Iconic Marilyn Monroe Dress Sells for $5.6 Million at Auction

Old dress sells for unimaginable amount.

By Bryan Hood

Debbie Reynolds Gives Up on Long-Held Dream of Founding a Museum for Her Stuff

Marilyn Monroe's white halter "subway" dress will be up for sale soon.

By Mike Vilensky

Check Out the Official Friday Night Lights Prop Auction

The Saracen sweatshirt is only $54.13!

By Amanda Dobbins

Andy Warhol Canvas Of Coke Bottle Sells For Over $35.36 Million

The piece was sold at a Sotheby's auction, ten million dollars higher than the expected price

By Avi Zenilman

Blockbuster Auction Evidence of Art-Theater Synergy?

Rothko painting, play do very, very well.

By Miranda Siegel

The Sad Spectacle of the Blockbuster Art Auction

On Tuesday, another first-class work will likely disappear into the hands of a private collector who may never lend it again.

By Jerry Saltz

Stop Asking Paul Auster to Write Your Prefaces

Even though photographers ask him to write them all the time.

By Bennett Marcus

Behold the Comic Book That Sold for $1 Million at Auction

Who is this millionaire hypernerd?

By Edith Zimmerman

Man Pays a Lot for MJ’s Glove

And it was worth it.

By Adam K. Raymond

First Posthumous Michael Jackson–Memorabilia Auction Scheduled for Today

Actually, it was randomly scheduled before yesterday's events. But still: creepy.

By Erica Orden

At Christie’s, Bidders Compete to Own James Brown’s ‘Sex Machine’ Belt

Paul Shaffer and a hundred other bidders overpay for the hardest-working memorabilia in the memorabilia business.

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Know Your South Asian Art

For those who only know Anish Kapoor (who's based in London anyway), here's a quick primer on the heavies of Indian art.

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Takashi Murakami Watches From the Wings at Sotheby's

Plus: Robert Rauschenberg sets a record two days after his death.

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Will Rauschenberg's Death Create a Feeding Frenzy at Sotheby's?

Forgive us for being, well, vultures, but we could see Robert Rauschenberg setting a new sales record tomorrow night.

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Golden Globes Ceremony Canceled; NBC to Air Some Nonsense Instead

Owing to the celebrities' refusal to cross picket lines to collect their statues at Sunday night's planned Golden Globes ceremony, NBC, Dick Clark, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have officially called off the event.

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Diablo Cody's Already Done Writing About Sensitive Nerds

Plus industry news on Michel Gondry, Kelly Clarkson, and a second>/em> hot Bond Girl.