<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2cbbacaa-ca15-4d11-9ca2-c444a66b8fda/07B1DBCF-9F90-4036-818D-F2E539E09D6C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/" href="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.luxist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/"><H2><SPAN id="ppt977029">The Arts of Buddha Sale</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/"><P class="byline">Posted Sep 1st 2007 2:03PM by <A href="http://www.luxist.com/bloggers/deidre-woollard">Deidre Woollard</A><BR />Filed under: <A href="http://www.luxist.com/category/auctions/">Auctions</A>, <A href="http://www.luxist.com/category/art/">Art</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.luxist.com/img/78B2C4F3-86A0-461D-9236-0CB1EBA67E95" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luxist.com/2007/09/01/the-arts-of-buddha-sale/">The <A href="http://browse.sothebys.com/?browsesort=estimate_high_usd_d|estimate_low_usd_d&c_date=Session+1+|+21+Sep+07%2C+2:00+PM%3Cbr%3E&c_image=http:%2F%2Fwww.sothebys.com%2Fmedia%2Flive%2Fpub%2F2007%2FAUG%2Fp37333_thumb.jpg&c_location=New+York&c_name=The+Arts+of+the+Buddha+Sale&cat=1&event_id=28458&g=1&hp=&hpc=&i=1&sale_id=N08345">Arts of Buddha sale</A> on September 21 in New York offers a gorgeous sampling of Buddhist art stretching back centuries. What is expected to be the top lot at the auction is the gilt copper maitreya which is inset with silver and semiprecious stones. The less than two foot statue which dates back from 13th Century Tibet is estimated to sell for $3.5 million to $4.5 million.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/07B1DBCF-9F90-4036-818D-F2E539E09D6C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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