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Article: AUCTION RECALLS DAYS OF CAMELOT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 26, 1996
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Byline: PETER GOLDEN Special to The Times Union
When Barry Landau, 47, a television producer living in Manhattan, arrived at Sotheby's auction house on Tuesday for the first day of bidding on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' belongings, he glanced at the potential bidders in the audience and thought that he had wandered into a garage sale for the super rich.
``I spotted the two groups that you generally see at these estate sales,'' said Landau, ``people with tons of money who enjoy buying things, and celebrities who were drawn by Jackie's mystery.''
But then, Landau added, as the bidding got started, he noticed a third group -- those who were ...