Last month I attended a gala for The Asian American Federation at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. Five women, including Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and New York City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, were ...

It takes a certain charm to convince a patron at a charity gala to spend thousands of dollars on something they didn’t know they wanted. That’s exactly the charm wielded by Lake Charles native Lydia ...

Everybody needs a break from work. Brian Fourroux gets away from selling things by … selling things. Attend a local auction, especially one of the many charity auctions in the Baton Rouge area, and ...

Lydia Fenet is a charity auctioneer who has taken the stage in front of hundreds and even thousands of people during a 20-year period. She spent 24 years at Christie’s Auction House — and now owns her ...

TULSA -- If you don't believe Jay Litchfield has a way with words, just throw a couple of numbers his way. Ask him to demonstrate his skills as an auctioneer and he will rattle them off at a mesmeric ...

Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into the inner ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For the last couple of springs, the North American Foundation for the Cure of Diabetes has held a charity wine auction in Newport Beach. It’s an elegant affair -- the grape juice is ...

The first time I saw Chuck Mutz in action was at an event for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in 2017. Standing in the cavernous National WWII Museum’s Boeing Center, Mutz magically wrangled a large ...