For more than 20 years, the Texas Auctioneers Associatio n has been holding holiday gift 'auctions' at Scottish Rite, to the delight of many of the children who are in the hospital for the holidays.

He saw “finely tailored feeders at the art trough clutching their bidding paddles,” and mentioned ... Some 35 years later, those annual auctions are running again, filled with high drama ...

At Christie’s Hong Kong’s Magnificent Jewels auction late last month, paddles went up furiously ... reflecting highly competitive bidding. Many pieces with exceptional quality colourless ...