March 20, 2000 Issue
"It's kind of crazy: I had dinner at Nobu on Monday, but I don't have enough money to buy socks."
-- Assistant media planner Chris Foreman, "Nice Work -- If You Can Afford It"
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FEATURES | The Auction House Rules BY CHRISTOPHER MASON The auction world's cloak of gentility was ripped away when Christie's admitted that it was cooperating with a Justice Department price-fixing probe and Sotheby's president Alfred Taubman and CEO Dede Brooks fell on their antique swords. But their old-money monopoly on taste had been unraveling for years, as the Internet began to make buying-by-bid both digital and -- gasp -- democratic. Nice Work -- If You Can Afford It Their days are spent toiling in the cubicles of the entertainment-industrial complex, their nights sipping wine at A-list publicity parties. Meet the Poverty Elite, the junior media types who enjoy Le Cirque lunches, Vail vacations, and even Louis Vuitton wallets -- without any money to put in them. Post-Up Girl As the NBA searches for the next Michael Jordan, the next Chamique Holdsclaw may well be a Catholic-school girl from that b-ball breeding ground by the sea, Rockaway Beach. Fur-Coat Models In a portfolio from his new book, the photographer celebrates the glamorous side of his favorite models. | GOTHAM Al D'Amato and Ed Koch mouth off GOTHAM STYLE From the fairway to the runway, golf swings DEPARTMENTS Media If CEOs are the new rock stars, does that make Fortune the new Rolling Stone? The National Interest Giuliani has won the war on crime -- but after Diallo, he's losing the peace MARKETPLACE TSE's cashmere spinoff; tables that are tops; laughing glasses Smart City The finer points of a made-to-measure trunk show Sales & Bargains April showers bring a crop of hip, affordable trenches | THE CRITICS Movies BY PETER RAINER Roman Polanski and the Devil are at it again Theater Unstrung: Modern composer and avant-garde troupe don't mix Art The inspired work of a sculptor you've probably never heard of Dance Paul Taylor gracefully explores the power of symmetry Restaurants Grand Central Terminal adds two more gems to its culinary crown CUE Classifieds |