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1. "Game" advocacy must come to terms with the historical baggage of the Seduction Community.
This includes: (1) The sexual immorality, (2) any behavior that would be deceitful and fraudulent in what it conveys [Are you making a concerted effort to give a false impression of what you really are?]**, (3) encouraging the Alpha Jerk culture and skank behavior in women, (4) engaging in any other unethical and sinful behaviors in the name of masculinity, and (5) making an idol out of sex. One reader ("Thursday") retorted, "None of the bad behaviors you described are even close to being necessary to attract women" but he seems to contradict himself and Ferdinand Bardamu, who has said the following:
Have you considered, Mr. Auster, that the two explanations are not mutually exclusive? Namely, that in the absence of social conditioning, women will blindly follow their genitals straight into the arms of violent dirtbags? Those men are socially dominant by dint of their nature, which is why women are drawn to them and why, when they get slapped both silly and senseless, they almost always go back to them.Which is it? Do women flock to alcoholic philanderers and other baddies or not? If not, then why are the baddies not alone? If women do flock to baddies, then what makes anyone think that Game Lite will do the job? If being a thug is what it really takes to do the job, then just what is the Christian man's option "in the absence of social conditioning?" Either you admit that Christian men are going to have a hard time finding decent wives in today's social climate or you admit that women can choose to change.
2. "Game" advocacy must disassociate itself from the Seduction Community.
My critics insist on using the language of PUAs (even invoking the acronym itself, which means "pick-up artist", duh!) and yet take exception when they are lumped in with the PUAs. Folks can't have it both ways.
3. "Game" advocates must be more forthcoming with specifics about how "Game" can contribute to interpersonal relationships between men and women in ways that others sources of knowledge cannot.
I have come across two "success stories" thus far, but when one drills down the narratives, they merely talk about about the husband being more assertive with his wife (something a man could just as easily learn from a tome in a family bookstore). The reader "Thursday" remarks that attracting women requires "considerable nuance" above and beyond merely being a confident and responsible man. Never mind that another "Game" advocate assures us that, "Game is not a series of tricks. It teaches men to grow a spine and grow a set."
How strange that our ancestors never heard of the "Mystery Method." I can hear it now, "Oh, but Anakin, they practiced game." Funny that none of the people I know who lived in the 20th century B.F. (before feminism) have ever mentioned anything about the "considerable nuance" of seduction techniques being the key to success to their dating and their marriages. Funny how men of old managed to find good women without the benefit of the modern Relationship Expert Industry (PUA, Christian, feminist, or otherwise). I tell you what changed: the expectations of many women. Instead of calling women out on their unrealistic nonsense, some men apparently want to kiss up and try to please the Exulted High Maintenance Ones. If you have to walk on sexual eggshells to please the modern woman then what does that say about her expectations and the viability of the relationship itself?
4. The claim has been made that "Game" can benefit Christian men hasn't been substantiated.
I threw down the gauntlet. I raised my ethical, moral, spiritual, and theological concerns. The responses on this matter have been disappointing. Anyone who has following this blog knows how I take great pains to answer any critics who say my views are not scriptural. But what do I hear from "Game" advocates? Something along the lines of, "It doesn't matter what you say Anakin. Women won't change. Game works!" Pragmatism and utilitarianism may work for a secular audience, but as a theological argument for Christians, it falls flat. How does "Game" square with what the Bible says about manhood? Can anyone take a stab at that question?
5. "Game" advocacy must show that it something more than "Cosmo for men."
I fear that the Beta Revolution, for example, is reductionist to a fault in its embrace of "Game." The Beta Revolution, like social conservatives, are concerned about normal, hardworking men dropping out of society. The Beta Revolution, however, thinks sex will motivate these men back to the salt mines. The critics of men's rights advocacy often declare, "You guys are just mad because you can't get laid." The Beta Revolution, in effect, says, "Yep, you're right!!" But does the Beta Revolution (or neo-traditionalist conservativism, for that matter) really focus on fixing society or dealing with women's behavior? Not to any great extent that I can see. It's mostly about fixing men. Men are the problem. Either they are not nice enough, or as the PUA seems to think, they are not sexy enough.
So, if a man learns "Game" and becomes desirable enough for women, just how exactly is his lot improved? How does he win, if at the end of the day, society doesn't respect men? How do his male descendants win if nothing changes for them, either? What reward is it to be the stud horse if, at the end of the day, you are still locked up in the same stall of those who own you?
Over at Novaseeker's blog, I wrote:
Let me remind you that I am not one of those evil "socons" that want men to be doormats to their wives. As a Christian man, I have written more against the misandry of social conservatives than anything else. However, the "beta revolution" will die in the nursery if you and others don't deal with the moral, ethical, and religious concerns of your target audience (responsible betas).I stand by my words. The discussion has been lively and heated, but I am not out to spoil anyone's party. On the other hand, I am trying to offer constructive criticism. "Better the wound of a friend than the kiss of an enemy."
**On the deception issue, someone might counter, "Hey, women wear make-up and push-up bras." Well, for starters, I have some questions about Christian women wearing immodest clothing in public. Secondly, sooner or the later, the make-up is going to come off and I am going to see the woman for who she really is physically. But I don't hear anything about men letting their Alpha facade down. This, by the way, gets me to my next point: Men and women set each other up for disappointment by putting on an act during dating. If the relationship progresses, sooner or later, you are going to see your mate as he or she really is (bad habits, vulnerabilities, etc.). The eventual slam of reality is most painful for those who rode their ship on the crest of romantic illusions (including those generated by male "Game" and female "Rules").


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Using multiple cameras, this is the closest to a professional edit of bike polo we've seen to date in Europe.
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Illinois recently passed a sesame-labeling law, but federal law doesn't require such labeling when it comes to the ninth most common food allergen. What a new study tells us about its prevalence.
State Sen. Tom Cullerton is alleged to have fraudulently received labor and benefits from a labor union in which, according to the indictment, he did "little or no work."
The 52-year-old Kelly was denied bail in a Brooklyn courtroom packed with his supporters. He appeared sullen as prosecutors told Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione he posed a flight risk and a danger to public safety.
After months of shortages, Impossible Foods is partnering with a veteran food production company to ramp up supplies of its popular plant-based burgers.
President Trump rattles financial markets with a surprise announcement of 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports starting later this summer.
The body of Yingying Zhang was never recovered after former University of Illinois doctoral student Brendt Christensen kidnapped and killed her.
The big surprise in this hit Broadway musical is how the seemingly most unlikely material for a musical – the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks – ends up feeling as if it were custom-made for the form and turns great darkness into a healing light.
Dr. Carl Bell, who grew up on Chicago's South Side, was a national leader in treating childhood trauma resulting from violence.
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You have to wonder what's going through "Splice" writer-director Vincenzo Natali's head with some of the dark seen in his latest flick.
But rest assured, there's plenty more where that came from. When asked if there's still dark material in his brain for his next project Natali told PopcornBiz, "Oh yeah, the fruit never falls too far from the tree."
So how does Natali put this stuff (even he calls it "twisted") onscreen and yet seem like the most mild-mannered guy alive in person? "It's purging," he says. " That's why I generally find that when I meet other directors of other horror films they tend to be very well adjusted and sweet people."
"I'm sure the demons have been worked out in their fiction."
Natali doesn't know what his next project will be, but he tells us he's eyeing a J.G. Ballard novel he has in development.
"It's going to be outrageous," he promises. "It's going to make 'Splice' look like a Disney movie. It ain't no 'Cinderella.' "
The director has never compromised in the past, and he's not about to bend now -- even if it means a movie like 'Splice' takes 12 years to create on his own terms.
"I like to think outside the box," he says. "The line is a thin one between a filmmaker and a mad scientist if there is a line at all."
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A huge topic in Feminism is the claim that minorities and women are invisible in our society. The default "human position" is male. When reading something in which the author is not specified, the average American assumes that the author is male. If the author is female, of color, or homosexual, we praise it as a "fine piece of work by X minority". In short, a white man can publish a book and be praised for his contribution to academia, while a woman, person of color, or any other minority is primarily identified by that minority specification, not their accomplishments. Their contribution is something that belongs to a collective, whereas a white male's work is attributed solely to him, not to his unstated group membership.
Being a Feminist, I abhor when the majority subconsciously classify the words of a "minority" as representative of that minority group. It creates this sort of "otherness" in which we are all hyper-aware of race, gender, and sexual orientation because it seems to be known as the most important facet of one's identity.
However, when this identity is not stated, we simply assume that someone is a straight white male. Perhaps we might think the tone is sufficiently feminine, and then we consider that the author is a woman. Unless a piece of literature specifically alludes to homosexuality, race, or religion, we assume that the author is heterosexual, Christian/Atheist, white, and usually male.
I, just as much as the rest of you, am equally guilty. I subconsciously make distinctions of "otherness" when reading something by a woman, a homosexual, or, for instance, a Muslim. I make insensitive comments even about my own gender unknowingly because I grew up in a society that counts privelege and many different bigotries as a standard part of socialization.
What I really do not like about the mainstream Feminist movement is that it ignores a lot of these intersections of privelege. We do discuss issues that affect all women, but I have noticed that when we discuss relationships we always seem to discuss them in the context of heterosexuality. Among other things, we generally do not touch issues facing South American women or Middle Eastern women, or concentrate on the inequities facing a "stay at home Mom" or a particularly poor woman.
More than anything, however, I notice the assumption of heterosexuality. As a bisexual female, many of the discussions in the context of heterosexuality do not apply to me at all. A huge portion of my identity is not covered by mainstream Feminism, although I do not think it is by design. The pursuit of a feminist relationship between two women is not absent of its pitfalls. Absent, however, from the usual columns on how to craft a feminist relationship is any mention of homosexuality, polyamory, or transgenderism.
I only thought of this recently because of the discussions surrounding Amanda Marcotte's racially offensive illustrations in It's a Jungle Out There. Privilege very often results in a subconscious prioritization of issues. I see that many feminists place women's issues above racial issues and gay rights frequently. It is not appropriate to demonize the privileged, because we all are in our own way, but it is useful to point it out.
I suppose then that this is my two-bits. I would like to see a lot more about gay issues under the Feminist umbrella, not only because both are important to me, but I think that it is instrumentally important that Feminists remain cognizant of all types of priviledge, especially those types we might unknowingly further.
For what it counts, I suppose this is a bizarre sort of post that I write more as a minority than a majority. Considering my educated whiteness, this is a rare state for me. The fact still remains that when I write, I do so knowing that all of my readers assume that I am heterosexual. This is both a blessing and a curse. One day, I hope that my invisibility as someone who is not heterosexual will be obsolete.
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How to grow communities is a hot topic these days. Francesco Lodolo recently blogged about how the Mozilla Italia community mainly consists of veterans who have been participants for several years, and how hard it is for them to find new contributors.
Abdulkadir Topal from the German community also blogged about getting help for localization work on the European Mozilla Community Blog and reached an interesting conclusion about how to turn new and casual contributors into long-time community members: the key is to distribute ownership.
Kadir uses Thomas from the German localization team as a good example of this theory: Thomas is a relatively new community member ("only" two years worth of contributions so far!), yet he is one of the most active members on SUMO today. The key factor for why this happened, according to Kadir, is that Thomas was given full responsibility for the SUMO component within the German localization team.
As Kadir concludes, it's "one thing to contribute little bits and pieces to a [project], but it's a completely different thing to own it."
I find this theory interesting. Maybe it is not a universal law that can be applied to everyone or every type of project/responsibility, but looking back at my initial involvement with Mozilla, ownership was definitely part of what motivated me — but not all of it, as I will explain below.
Kadir mentions in his blog post that it was something as trivial as a product logo that made me discover the Mozilla project in the first place. To me, the little Gecko logo — featured in an article about the planned Netscape 6 browser based on the previously open-sourced Netscape 4.x codebase — communicated "lean and mean," and the article went on explaining how this new Gecko HTML rendering engine would be modern, compatible, portable, and small enough to be used even in future handsets (and guess what; about nine years later it turns out that they were right!).
Just a few days later, I learned that Netscape 6.x was just a branded and slightly outdated version of something called "Mozilla," which apparently was the open source project behind the well known Netscape browser. I immediately switched to Mozilla instead, since it was more bleeding edge and therefore more fun for a geek like me.
That's how it started for me. However, that wasn't the reason why I sticked. Why did I turn from just interested in Mozilla to a deeply involved contributor? I will try to explain this and get back to Kadir's theory, but I can say right now that there is a lot more than one reason why I'm still an active Mozilla community member.
It started around year 2000 with the realization that I could actually affect the project by submitting bug reports and providing feedback. Although open source as a concept wasn't new to me, I had never actually gotten involved myself before. This, combined with the fact that I got to know other people with similar interests, made reading the newsgroup daily a pleasure.
However, I always felt that the original Mozilla suite represented something from the past, and that the way of the future was something lean and mean (yes, that Gecko logo that got originally got my attention!). The word "monolithic" was often used to describe the Mozilla suite, and even the word itself felt big, old and unmanageable to me. When the Phoenix project was announced on MozillaZine, I immediately turned my focus to that instead, and never looked back.
Because the project was still small and new, it was also a good opportunity to get more deeply involved because the signal to noise ratio was higher. Many people in the Mozilla community were still skeptical about Phoenix and preferred the tried and true Mozilla suite. This made the feedback I provided to the Phoenix project much more visible than it had been for the suite, making it a lot more rewarding for me to contribute.
As the project started to shape up with the release of Phoenix 0.3, I found myself heavily involved with things like filing bugs and RFEs, discussing feature implementations with developers, and, most often, answering questions from the growing number of users of Phoenix. As this consumed more and more of my time, I realized that there wasn't a centralized place for people to get help with Phoenix. I viewed this as my opportunity to finally give something meaningful back to the project, and spent a couple of afternoons creating a small site called Phoenix Help. It was also a more meaningful way to develop my HTML/CSS coding skills compared to creating a website for, say, a Brood War clan (let's call it UU).
Phoenix Help was very small and seemingly insignificant, but it was quickly noticed and appreciated by fellow community members in the MozillaZine forums. I especially remember getting my first personal e-mail from Asa Dotzler thanking me for doing what I did and encouraging me to continue the great work. This meant a lot for my motivation, because it was a confirmation that what I was doing was appreciated.
Before I knew it, people were linking to my site from all sorts of places (starting with Phoenix 0.5, even the release notes linked to it!), which made it even more important for me to ensure that the site looked good, was easy to use, and that the content was up to date. I was, in fact, responsible for the support site of Phoenix — I "owned" that part of the Phoenix project!
To wrap up, there were several things that motivated me to stay active in the Mozilla community:
- A belief in the mission of the project — to create a web browser that supports and promotes the use of open standards
- An interest in the technology — initially with the Gecko logo as my hook
- The feeling of belonging in a community of people with similar interests
- The desire to give something back to a project that gave (and still gives) me the best browser in the world for free
- The experiences gained by managing a website — HTML, CSS, server configurations, and perhaps most importantly, the English language
- The recognition and respect from Mozilla project members for my contributions
- The pride of being responsible for an important piece of the project
When I look at this list, I realize that it's impossible to point to one particular motivator for community members, and that everyone probably has their own unique list. More personally, I also note that my motivation model today is the exact same as it was when I got involved seven years ago.
Despite the fact that the list is based on my personal experience, I think that all of the motivators could be taken into consideration for anyone trying to build or grow a community. Depending on the project, some things might be more important than others, but they all affect your community:
- Does your project add value to people using it? Do people feel like they are making a difference by contributing?
- Is your technology cutting-edge? Is it solving a unique problem? Is your project making people feel "wow, I want to be part of that!" or "I'd love to learn more about that"?
- Is your existing community friendly, welcoming and collaborative? Are tasks and discussions communicated in the open? Do people in your community have fun together?
- What kinds of contributions are welcomed? Does your project offer different ways to get involved?
- What's in it for the contributors? Aside from the positive feeling of making a difference, do they gain relevant experiences by contributing to your project?
- Do you reach out personally to community members and make them know that their contributions are appreciated? Do you have automated systems in place to show the impact contributors make (e.g. a karma system)?
- Is your project modularized enough to allow people to take ownership of parts of the project?
There you have it — my first attempt to unwrap the mystery of building and growing communities. Is this helpful? Do you have similar experiences? I would love to hear what you think!


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Bellows seeks to use technology to provide health services to people who would not otherwise be reached by the health system. His research is focused on introducing efficiencies in health care financing, developing large health systems that are cost-effective and sustainable, and reaching large numbers of low-income beneficiaries who would otherwise not be served. He is skilled in impact evaluation, multivariable regression modeling, descriptive spatial analysis, and design of results-based finance programs.
Before joining the Population Council, Bellows served as the technical advisor to Venture Strategies for Health and Development, leading the evaluation of a German Development Bank (KfW)–funded voucher program for treatment of sexually transmitted infections (2006–08) in western Uganda.
Bellows is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the board of directors of Friends of Ecuador, a nonprofit organization created by returned Peace Corps volunteers and dedicated to promoting grassroots development in Ecuador.
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Copywrong: why can't we take pix inside Monticello?
A November 27 post at the popular boingboing.net suggests that the reason visitors aren't allowed to take pictures inside Monticello is– get this– copyright law. But according to Monticello spokesperson Wayne Mogielnicki, that's almost right.
"Our policy is no photos in the house," Mogielnicki. "It's for some legal and some practical reasons."
The legal reasons stem from the fact that Monticello does not own all its furniture and art, and some are reproductions by artists who may wish to control copying. Others objects are lent with special conditions. "We have some things on permanent loan where the owners are leery of having them photographed," says Mogielnicki. "When we have film crews come in doing travel pieces or documentaries, there are things they can't photograph by themselves– only in situ."
In other words, Monticello doesn't want to break any deals it has made to obtain a particularly sweet piece. "Sometimes the guides misstate this as saying we don't have copyright, and the head guide has assured me he will address this," Mogielnicki says. Still, there's another really big reason why in-house photography is verboten: it could distract the non-photographers.
"It would be impractical and would diminish the quality of the tour," says Mogielnicki, "and it would slow the tour."
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flash is also a problem
The problem isn't flash or copyright, it is transparency; those folks who run Jefferson's estate are control-addicted xenophobes who would rather sooner turn their backs upon their own relatives than further open up Monticello. It's a good thing that Jefferson's architecture stands to remind us that his message was about openness in government, a message in stark contrast to Monticello's current "owners".


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C.J. Camerieri, a Brooklyn-based trumpet player, enjoys an active, diverse, and exciting career as a freelance performer and multi-instrumentalist. Since completing his classical trumpet training at Juilliard, he has become an indispensable collaborator for numerous indie rock groups as a performer, arranger, improviser, and soloist. C.J. can presently be heard touring the world and on record with Bon Iver, yMusic, GOASTT, and the Plastic Ono Band.
As a member of Bon Iver C.J. participated in arranging and performing on the multiple Grammy award winning record Bon Iver, Bon Iver. He is has been touring the world with the band playing Trumpet, French Horn, and Synthesizers since early 2012.
As a co-founder of the indie classical ensemble yMusic, C.J. has taken part in commissioning several new chamber music pieces for its critically lauded first record Beautiful Mechanical.
As a member of GOASTT and the Plastic Ono band Camerieri has developed his own style of playing the trumpet through guitar pedal effects. Camerieri's longest standing collaboration is with Sufjan Stevens as the lead soloist in his horn section on trumpet, as a french horn player, and as a keyboard player since joining his ensemble for a Lincoln Center "American Songbook" performance in January of 2006. In addition to recording on "Songs for Christmas Volume V: Peace," Camerieri performs with Sufjan on Nonesuch Records' "Tribute to Joni Mitchell" and the soundtrack to Todd Haynes' film, "I'm Not There."
As a member of Rufus Wainwright's band, Camerieri has played trumpet solos and sung background vocals across the world on stage, television and radio including performances at Radio City Music Hall, the Coachella and Glastonbury Festivals, and on the "Late Show with David Letterman". He is featured with Rufus on the live DVD "Milwaukee At Last!!!" and on "War Child: Heroes." Camerieri appears with Rufus and family annually in the Mcgarrigle Christmas hour and recently recorded on trumpet and french horn with Martha Wainwright singing the songs of Edith Piaf.
In addition to his work in popular and alternative music, Camerieri maintains an active career as a freelance performer of classical music, new music, and improvised music. He has recently been named Principal Trumpet of the American Composer's Orchestra and frequently performs with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet, Riverside Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Festival Orchestra, Absolute Ensemble, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Manhattan Brass and the Argento New Music Ensemble. As a soloist C.J. performed a concerto in 2000 with the Juilliard Orchestra that the NY Times declared a "brilliant performance" and he placed first that same year in the National Trumpet Competition's Jazz Division.
Camerieri's discography includes current and forthcoming releases by Bon Iver, yMusic, GOASTT, Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, David Byrne, Antony and the Johnsons, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, Gabriel Kahane, The National, Julia Stone, Angus Stone, A Fine Frenzy, Jesse Harris, Baby Dee, Diane Birch, Joan Osbourne, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Harper Simon, Clare and the Reasons, Welcome Wagon, Anthony Coleman, Argento New Music Ensemble and the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.


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A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record Tuesday night for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
"Three Studies of Lucian Freud" was purchased for $142,405,000 at Christie's postwar and contemporary art sale. The triptych depicts Bacon's artist friend.
The work sold after "6 minutes of fierce bidding in the room and on the phone," Christie's said in a statement. The price includes the buyer's premium. Christie's did not say who bought the painting.
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The price surpassed the nearly $120 million paid for Edvard Munch's "The Scream," which set a world record when it was sold at Sotheby's in a 2012 sale.
The previous record for Bacon's artwork sold at auction was his 1976 "Triptych." That sold for $86 million in 2008.
Among other highlights scheduled to be auctioned at Christie's is a bright orange-yellow and white oil painting by Mark Rothko. Reminiscent of a radiating sunset, the 1957 large-scale "Untitled (No. 11)" could fetch up to $35 million. In May 2012, Christie's sold Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" for $86.8 million, a record for any contemporary artwork at auction.
Christie's also has an iconic Andy Warhol, "Coca-Cola (3)," estimated to sell for $40 million to $60 million. The Warhol auction record is $71.7 million for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," sold in 2007.
On Wednesday evening, Sotheby's is offering Warhol's "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," a provocative double-panel painting that could bring as much as $80 million.
Warhol produced four paintings in the "Death and Disaster" series. The other three are in museums.
Measuring 8 feet by 13 feet, the 1963 silver work captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash, a twisted body sprawled across its mangled interior. It has been seen in public only once in the past 26 years.
Other blue-chip offerings at Christie's on Tuesday include Jeff Koons' whimsical "Balloon Dog (Orange)," a 10-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture resembling a twisted child's party balloon. It is expected to sell for up to $55 million. It is one of five balloon dogs Koons has created in different colors. All are in private hands. It is being sold by newsprint magnate Peter Brant to benefit his Brant Foundation Art Study in Greenwich, Conn.
Also on tap is a masterpiece by German painter Gerhard Richter from the collection of Eric Clapton. Painted in gold and orange hues, the 1994 "Abstract Painting" is estimated to bring as much as $20 million. Richter's photo-based "Cathedral Square, Milan" brought $37 million at Sotheby's in May, setting a record for any living artist at auction.
Roy Lichtenstein's "Seductive Girl" could bring up to $28 million. The artist auction record is $56 million for "Woman With Flowered Hat," sold at Christie's in May.