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The mega-auction season begins with an expected big-money bloodbath at the sale of Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s collection. Who will buy what remains an intriguing mystery.

“What I look for is when a piece has its own language,” Pattinson said. “It doesn’t necessarily feel like it just exists for its own sake and has a presence that hums with...life.”

At 27, Anna Weyant’s paintings are already fetching over $1 million, but it was the news that Weyant was dating 76-year-old Larry Gagosian that really set arty tongues wagging.

This week, Christie’s sold Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” for $195 million. The purchaser remains unknown—like many other big-spending buyers.

The $250 million estate sale of Anne Bass goes on the auction block Thursday at Christie’s. It’s not the only uber-monied art collection going up for sale.

Poetry, love letters, and personal memorabilia owned by Shakur is valued at over $350,000. The Sotheby’s auction seeks to document “the art and influence of hip hop culture.”

Former California Governor Jerry Brown wants to know who’s selling off letters to his father, also a governor, that dealt with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.