market but never anything quite like this the collection was put up for auction after billionaire david rockefeller died last year it was all a little originally made to rockefeller's rich but they were also lovers of art building up a world class collection over the years last night this was the star of the show painted in one thousand nine hundred five young girl with the flower basket by pablo picasso fetched the second time a surprise for the artist at auction. and will start this. two million selling solo it's been. not yours rebecca you're out marks for water one hundred two. billion dollars. went under the hammer for a record eighty four point six million. in accordance with david rockefeller as will the proceeds of the works over the coming days will be given to he and his wife peggy's favorite charities. and that is quite an act of philanthropy there so who are the lucky beneficiaries well that's interesting because david rockefeller had pledged that his wealth should be going to sort of cultural educational medical and environmental causes and so they're going to about twelve charities th

rockefeller who made his fortune in standard oil. david'sr built rockefeller center where in a 2002 interview for sunday morning he gave me a tour of the family offices. >> this is a painting that actually belonged to gertrude stein. >> here he surrounded himself with masters of modern art. is collecting for you a compulsion? >> it is a pleasure. >> a pleasure he could indulge in as a member of what many considered america's most powerful family. >> was the name ever a burden for you? >> i don't feel so. i was certainly conscious of it. there were moments i may have felt awkward or embarrassed. but even early on it us obvious there were advantages as well as the disadvantages. >> the name and the fortune behind it helped david and his wife peggy, accumulate one of the 20th century's great art collections. >> how significant collection is this? >> the most important collection of paintings and sculpture ever been sold. >> rockefellers were crazy about ceramics. >> mark porter is chairman of christy's americas which will hold the auction over

david rockefeller's money clip was estated at $1,000. it sold for $75,000. and the family picnic set given to them by the king of morocco was estimated at 5 to 10,000. that went for 212,000. and napoleon's sugar bowl and dessert service estimated at around $200,000 went for1.8 million. the good things all things must go to charity. harvard and the museum of modern art will get m $100lion and the rockefeller brother's funds will get $250 milli and the castle on former relations and thedmerican farm lan trust. the art auctionsl r on this week at sotheby's and christie's go back to the sales room with $1.5 billion worth of art. we'll see if there's more energy and money left in those auction htddles. robert frank, "n business re >>> wonderful story. charitable giving isn't just for the rockefeller estate. there are many ways to givege rously and earn a tax break for yourself, but there's some new rules that go along with the new tax code so once again our senior financial correspondent sharon epperson is heretho save day. >> good to be here. >> what is a smart

market but never anything quite like this the collection was put up for auction after billionaire david rockefeller died last year it was all oil that originally made the rockefeller's rich but they were also lovers of art building up a world class collection over the years last night this was the star of the show painted in one thousand nine hundred five young girl with the flower basket by pablo picasso fetched the second tie a surprise for the artist at auction. it will start this ninety nine two million selling so it's been a while and see not yours rebecca and their outlets for water at one hundred two. billion dollars. manet's water lilies in bloom went under the hammer for a record eighty four point six million. in accordance with david rockefeller as will the proceeds of the works optioned over the coming days will be given to he and his wife peggy's favorite charities. so that's a money to distribute who's getting it well they had about had twelve charities that they designated to get all of this looking mostly in sort of the cultural educational medical and environmental causes and so amo

rockefeller, apparently a lot. the auction of the estate of david and peggy rockefeller brought three days of bidding, that literally first night this picasso sold for $115 million. this matisse, $80 million. this monet, $85 million. by the end of that first session, christy's -- >> we have broken the record, for any collection sale. >> the frenzy continued on night two. when gilbert stewart portrait of george washington was on the block. >> at $950,000. $1 million now. $1,100,000. >> it soared past its $1.2 million estimate. the final price, $11.5 million. ten times the estimate was a record for the artist. when we previewed the sale last weekend, with christie's mark porter he showed us dessert service made for napoleon. >> this is napoleon's ice cream bowl basically. off awe it is. >> estimated at $250,000 it sold for $1.8 million. even the relatively inexpensive items went for staggering prices. a picnic basket given to david rockefeller by the king of morocco, estimate $1,200. brought $212,000. so how far back in family history would some of these go? >> the family's old spider carriage that david rockefeller j

rockefeller, who made his fortune in standard oil. david'se in a 2002 interview for sunday morning, he gave me a tour of the family offices. >> this is one that belonged to gertrude stein. >> even here, he surrounded himself with the masters of modern art. >> is collecting for you a compulsion? >> it's a pleasure. >> a pleasure he could indulge in as a member of what many considered america's most powerful family. >> was the name ever a burden for you? >> i don't feel so. i was certainly conscious of it. there were moments i may have felt awkward or embarrassed. but even early on, it was obvious there were advantages as well as disadvantages. >> the name and the fortune behind it helped david and his wife peggy accumulate one of the 20th century's great art collections. >> how significant a collection is this? >> it's the most important collection of paintings and sculpture that's ever been sold. >> the rockefellers were crazy about ceramics. >> marc porter is chairman of christie's americas, which will next week. the sale includes this monet

rockefeller, who made his fortune in standard oil. david's002 interview for "sunday morning" he gave me a tour of the family offices. >> this is the one that belonged to gertrude stein. >> even here he surrounded himself with the masters of modern art. is collecting for you a come pullings? >> it's a pleasure. >> a pleasure david shared with his wife peggy, says david rockefeller jr., who organized the sale after his father's death last year at 101. >> there was always a greed about an important artwork or it didn't get bought. >> really. >> effectively a veto power. >> the library of the rockefellers' new york townhouse had been home to perhaps the most coveted masterpiece in the collection, picasso's "young girl with a flower basket." it sold last night for $115 million, a record for a rose period picasso. by the end of the first night, christie's jessica verdict says the auction had raised $646 million. >> we have already broken the record for any collection sale. >> and the rockfellers' collection of furniture, porcelain, and american pai

rockefeller, apparently a lot. the auction this week of the estate of david and peggy rockefeller brought three days of bidding that people's breath away. >> $68 million. >> the first night this picasso sold for $115 million. this matisse, $80 million. this memo nation, nearly $85 million. by the end of that first session, christie's jessica fertig said -- >> we have already broken the record for any collection sale. >> reporter: the frenzy continued on night two when gilbert stuart's renowned portrait of george washington was on the block. >> at $950,000, $1 million now, 1$1.1 million. >> reporter: the final price, $11.5 million, ten times the estimate, was a record for the artist. when we previewed the sale last weekend with christie's marc porter, he showed us a dessert service made for napoleon. >> this is napoleon's ice cream bowl basically. >> it is his ice cream bowl. >> reporter: estimated at $250,000, it sold for $1.8 million. even the relatively inexpensive items went for staggers prices. a picnic basket given to david rockefeller by the king of morocco, estimate, $1,200 brought $212,500. and the spider f

montanists like georgia o'keeffe, and pablo picasso, was from the collection of billionaire david rockefeller. it is being sold off by the rockefeller family, who says all the oceeds will go to charity. tawfik said-- nada this report. nada: this is the biggest and most valuable personal estate eversole. pressuresfellers' heirlooms and mfoterpieces went record prices over a marathon three days at the christie's auction house. the bidding was intense and aggressive. offers jumped quickly by the millions of and the final llies stunned. >> $60 million. nada: this, the greatest matisse to come to market in years from sold for $80 million, and this monet guarded more than $84 million. -- brought in more than $84 million. >>hi som i never imagined what happened. nada: through their fame and fortune, david and peggy asrockefeller d one of the elections, an filled their family homes with rare treasures. the top was picasso'spi mastere "young girl a flower basket," which hung for decades in the family library. it feted $150 million. other highlights include this early portrait of george washington and

. >>> finally tonight, night two of the unprecedented auction of late billionaire david rockefeller art collection under way at kristys in new york city. >> do you have it at 102 million? >> ooh, the auction of some of the finest and rarest masterpieces opened last night and brought in more than $$646 million. >> a picasso 1905 painting young girl with a flower basket fetched $115 monet water lilly in bloom. >> the american and lant american art will be auctioned. the proceeds go to felon throppic endeavors. >> it's another world. >> world news with dav >>> tonight, several breaking developments as we come on the air in the west. the american prisoners held in north korea, on their way home at this hour. president trump says he will be there to meet them. as iran tonight lashes out, after the president tears up the nuclear deal. >>> also tonight, cameras surrounding the president's attorney and friend michael cohen today. new questions tonight about millions paid to cohen through his shell company after the election. including a payment from a company closely tied to a russian oligarch.

the sale of works from the private collection of the late banker david rockefeller and his wife peggye over 600 million dollars on its first day. and madame tussauds completes its waxwork of royal bride—to—be meghan markle. she joins a re—styled figure of herfiance, prince harry, at the london attraction. welcome to bbc newsroom live. intense diplomatic efforts are beginning to try to save the iran nuclear deal — the day after president trump announced the united states was withdrawing. the eu says it will stick to the agreement and will not reimpose sanctions on iran which were lifted under the 2015 accord in return for curbs on its nuclear programme. in tehran there's been a fierce reaction, with iran's supreme leader hitting back at president trump, saying that he had made a mistake and that there were more than ten lies in yesterday's speech. meanwhile, oil prices have risen to the highest level since 2014. once hailed as an historic agreement, as far as the us is concerned, the iran nuclear deal is now history. president trump made a point of being seen to personally sign off on

. >>> a record-breaking sale of late billionaire david rockefeller's private art collection has brought in over $600 million on its opening night. a portrait by pablo picasso sold for $115 million. and a monet painting from his water garden series sold for $84 million, the highest ever paid for the artist. with two days left it's become the highest grossing sale of a single owner art collection at auction. >>> spotify users will no longer be able to find r. kelly's music on its play lists due to the streaming service's new policy although his music will still be available on the platform. the music streaming site will no longer promote kelly's music due to the new policy against hateful content and conduct which removes anything that promotes hatred or violence. his songs may not violate the policy, the site says behavior from an artist can impact their decision. the singer has a long history of sexual abuse allegations. >>> phil and tiger together again. one played okay, the other imploded. was this the worst opening pitch in big league history? it went all downhill from there, giants

the collection of artwork, jewelry, and other items from the late peggy and david rockefeller nettingord $832 million. all of that goes to charity. previous record of $484 million for an estate. and it's just amazing how much money is going through those hands. >> nearly $1 billion. >> yes. >> i'm not good at math. >> there's money somewhere. >> it seems like a lot. all going to charity. great for the rockefellers. >>> coming up, the countdown to the royal wedding. the report that claims meghan and harry have a private gift registry. we're hearing about it now. but first -- >> they should have told the rockefellers. >> yeah, they might have hooked them up. >>> let's talk about this. in news, a crash involving a >>> in news, a crash involving a tesla automobile raising new safety concerns. >> officials outside salt lake city saying the vehicle was going 60 miles an hour when it rear ended a truck stopped at a red light. the tesla's brakes apparently never engaged. will carr has more. will, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan and adrienne. there's still more questions than answ

is thethe third story rockefeller family, david rockefeller who we knew somewhat, a real legend. , great-grandsonhn d rockefeller and his dad put together an enormous, incredible art collection. they founded the museum of modern art. his father gave a bunch of art to the museum and this is what is left over. jason: i was at the moma recently and some of that art is going back to the rockefeller collection. ,646 million in the first round above what they expected. this is some very special art. matisse, monet, christie's is handling this. david: this is a picasso of a young woman nude, which hung in their library. alix: just whatever. jason: i love this quote at the end of the story, because it talks to, rockefellers are as close as we have two american royalty. they live adjacent to the area they created and lived in and many of the rockefeller still live there. business royalty, the combination of royalty and business. jason: and philanthropy. alix: do we have a breakdown on who wanted to buy? jason: we do not have a clear idea yet. as the auction -- because as you said at the top, there is seve

nada: through theirame and fortune, david and peggy rockefeller amassed one of the greatest art elections, and filled their family homes with rare treasures the top was picasso's masterpiece "young girl a flower basket,"hi hung for decades in the family library. it fetched15million. other highlights include this early portrait of george washington and fur and precious porcelain, including an ice-cream bowl that belonged to napoleon. this high-profile sale attracted the biggest collectors and newcomers. sit shows the continuength of the art market but also been during power of the rockefeller name. tawfik, bbc -- nada news, new york. many people regard today's chaotic political , but ones not normal historian says actually, it is. a new has always been able to find its way back to unity even during the most partisan times in the country's history. colleague katty kay spo with historian jon meacham to discuss his book "the soul of america." katty: you have chosen this moment to write a book with the grand title "the soul america." why now? jon: there is clearly no ego problem with my taking

numbers >> it was billed as the sale of the century, and it did not disappoint the peggy and david rockefellerion wrapped up way above the $500 million estimate. this is the largest auction of a single collection ever and 22 records were set during the auction. bidders from 53 countries all battled, paddle for paddle, over a piece of that rockefeller history. more than half the bidders were new to christie's. some of the highlights, the money clip went for $75,000. that picnic set that tyler really wanted, that was $5,000 to $10,000 and ended up going for $212,000 >> wow, man! >> could have bought a fork, maybe. >> and napoleon's sugar bowl, tyler's third pick, he bet on all the winners here, estimated $200,000, went for $1.8 million. now, all the proceeds, the good news, go to charity so harvard human of modern art, they key chain get $100 million, the rockefeller brothers fund and the council on foreign relations and the american farmland trust also getting money >> cool stuff, thanks, robert. >>> so the bulls are the charge -- are in charge but should you trust the rally the supreme court h

the collection is owned by the late david and peggy rockefeller, and the three-day sale kick off lasthe proceeds will be distributed to charities supported by the rockefellers. >> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, pizza hut is expanding beer delivery, and oil prices react to the iran deal fallout. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. they made up some of the losses before president trump's announcement on the iran nuclear deal. at one point yesterday the price of crude was down as much as 4% following reports the president might not withdraw from the nuclear deal as expected. benchmark u.s. crude settled at just over $69 a barrel. it's holding those higher level this morning. stocks edged slightly higher late yesterday after losing ground prior to the president's announcement on the iran deal. the dow gained 2 points, the s&p 500 with little change, the nasdaq added a point. >>> job openings hit a record high in march. according to the labor department, openings spiked. that's the highest since the governmen

. >>> finally tonight, the art collection of david and peggy rockefeller goes up for auction beginning tonight. as we've beeng, recordin the entire collection is expected to sell the records with proceeds going to charity. the bidding has already started for items listed online and prices so far are way above exec p ta -- expectations. mr. rockefeller's cuff links are already valued at $6,000. speaking of mr. rockefeller, sue ved i have fond memories of interviewing him the years including on this windy afternoon. that was at the top of rockefeller c in new york city, november of 2005, the day the top of th rock opened when we were back in high school. >> such -- yes, exactly. we look exactly the same, don't we? >> we look exactly the same. >> what a gift to g haveten a chance to know him and interview him. >> he was a true gentile man. >> absolutely. very generous. that does it for ustonight. i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. >> i'm bill griffeth. have a great evening. see you tomorrow. >> this is "bbc world news america." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the f

the collection, as we've been estate of is from the the late david and peggy rockefeller. robert frank has been following this story for us. he's back tonight with more. >> reporter: the biggest names in art were onhe wall. picasso, matisse and monet. the name that captured the big auction at christies was rockreeller. it fea 44 pieces that went for ad combi 646 million, way above its estimate. there we bidders from 34 countries battling paddle to paddle and on the phone to get pieces once owned by american royalty. seven new records set for thear sts and there were cheers and gasps throughout the crowd for the one hour sale which is the largest ever auction of a single collection. most expensive piece was picasso's yng girl wit flower basket. that went for 150 million. the piece, while slightly disturbing and not classic picasso, is from his prized rose period which is sought after by museums. the big moment of the night was for a monet waterlily paint which once was hung by the stairs at the westchester home. with fees the final price was 84.7 million. >> 75 million, lad

the works all come from the private collection of david and peggy rockefeller — which is being sold toports. up front at $31 million... yours it is. this turned out to be one of the evening's cheaper buys, believe it or not. gauguin's la vague, painted in brittany more than a century ago. last chance at 71,500,000. yours it is. a 1923 matisse portrait went for more than double that. an auction record for the french master. it used to hang in david rockefeller‘s home in new york state. hundreds of pieces from the late millionaire's collection are among items being sold by auction houses. it's going to be an extraordinary season. there's no question. we've seen a lot of great works of art in recent times on the auction market, but never anything quite like this. i think what we have seen, however, is the market is very driven by quality and where you see works really of the first quality, then the demand exists to absorb an awful lot of them. 75 million, ladies and gentlemen. another record was set by a monet from the rockefeller collection, part of the impressionist‘s acclaimed water li

. >>> the personal art collection of david and peggy rockefeller taking in a record breaking 6$66 milliony's auction house last night the star was picasso's young girl with a flower basket which sold for 1$115 million the auction also had jewelry and furniture. >>> the feud between katy perry and taylor swift ended perry extended a literal olive branch to swift. swift posted a video of the branch and a note on instagram from perry before taking the stage. >> do you think this is a real reconciliation, or is this a social media thing to get us talking? apparently taylor swift had trouble selling tickets to her concerts i know you're going to all of them >> i'm going to one of them. the whole kim/kanye tape leak did not help her public persona. what are y >> what are you talking about? >> she stayed out of the spotlight. her new album is awesome >> is it better than 89? >> i love both of them i'm glad to see them reconciling. >> the funny thing about this taylor swift story, i'm sort of an alt country fan this guy named ryan adams, not bryan adams, you know who he is? >> of course >> i thin

outside henry kissinger and david y rockefeller organized, organized a real pr effort to put pressure on carter to do so. carter sat there, he was the last holdout, he said to them, to every one, i think that if i let him in, that they will take over our embassy. what do we do then? in the end he finally conceded. by the way it turned out he could have been treated by doctors inut houston, in mexico, the same way he would have been treated there. so, he was the last holdout. he instinctively understood what would happen. and there is also one other thing. t you know when reagan came in and there was a bombing in beirut, we lost 240 troops. >> right. >> reggie bartholomew, our ambassador's office was bombed. reagan pulled everybody out, no embassy left. why didn't carter do that when the ayatollah took over? i tell you why. because in february much '79 there was an effort to take over the embassy, the secular government, although appointed by khomeni, had the police immediately take them back. so carter thought, well, they will do it again. but again, he did prove if i sigh this would

the works all come from the private collection of david and peggy rockefeller, which is being sold tolizo mzimba reports. up front at $31 million... yours, it is. this turned out to be one of the evening's cheaper buys, believe it or not. gauguin‘s la vague, painted in brittany more than a century ago. last chance, at 71,500,000. yours, it is. a 1923 matisse portrait went for more than double that. an auction record for the french master. it used to hang in david rockefeller‘s home in new york state. hundreds of pieces from the late billionaire's collection are among items being sold by auction houses. it's going to be an extraordinary season. there's no question. we've seen a lot of great works of art in recent times on the auction market, but never anything quite like this. i think what we have seen, however, is, the market is very driven by quality and where you see works really of the first quality, then the demand exists to absorb an awful lot of them. the big question this season, in terms of business, was — will collectors confide us with works, given that there was already roc

. >>> more than 2,000 pieces, items, collectibles from the personal collection of david and peggy rockefellerunder the auctioneer's hammer this week. the online bidding on smaller items like these martini glass diamond cuff links has already gone through the roof. there they are no, that's not the cuff links. that's the salt shaker robert frank has been following this auction since it was announced. i got to go and share his day there. he joins us now. robert, how's it going >> it's going so well. i think you have the midas touch. it's expected to be the single largest. the bidding has started for the online sales the smaller items like jewelry and fine china prices are already going way past the estimates those cuff links we saw a couple weeks ago, they were estimated 400 to 600 they're already at $6,000 with four days to go so those are going to go even higher. this was my favorite remember, the money clip, this was from lawrence rockefeller, they were estimated at 800 to 1,200. they are already at $24,000. for the money clip and finally, you want a deck of cards that the rockefeller played

jason: it's also a key moment in the art market with the rockefeller selling. davidough business. you have sotheby's and christie's really fighting it out with each other. it doesn't help the auction house. alix: sotheby's, christie's, and now steve wynn. david: many thanks to jason kelly. ceo sergioer marchionne is making some sweeping changes on production. more on what i'm watching next. it's of course cars. alix: i'm watching oil. if you up tv , watch is online and clicked on our charts and graphics. go to tv on your terminal and scroll through. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: ok, surprise, surprise. i'm watching cars and trucks. fiat ceo sergio marchionne, who is retiring this year, has made a big announcement today. basically fiat is largely going to go out of the small passenger vehicle business, which is shocking because it was fiat's hallmark. he's going to go upscale going to suvs and a big fancy expensive car. you can see during his tenure exactly what the stock has done. it has had a nice little run here. alix: when i saw this headline, i was like hi

through their flame and fortune, david and peggy rockefeller amassed one of the greatest art and collectionsd collections and filled their family homes with... david arranged the auction after his father passed away last year in an effort to continue his family's legacy of giving, he said the proceeds will go to charity. this high—profile sale attracted the biggest collectors and newcomers. it showed the continued strength of the art market but also the enduring power of the rockefeller name. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. he's known as the king by manchester united supporters and now the football legend eric cantona is dusting off his boots and getting ready to return to old trafford. cantona will be playing in the soccer aid charity football match injune alongside usain bolt, 0lly murs and gordon ramsay. the event, which takes place every two years, has raised £24 million since its launch in 2006. they would be formidable on the pitch, whoever is on eric cantona's team. he says it a special feeling to be going back, he said let's make history one more time —— it's a special. captained hi

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new yo, ig with seth meyers." tonight, davidetterman -- music from aurora -- featuring the 8g band with steven wolf. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheering ] that's great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump traveled to new york today, which explains why the statue of liberty was carrying pepper spray. [ laughter ] [ applause ] that's the great thing about statues. you can just grab them. president trump said today that he thinks former fbi director james comey has a lot of problems. added trump, now if you'll excuse me, i have to go pay off a porn star before i'm convicted of treason. [ laughter ] [ applause ] president trump today reiterated his claim that an fbi informant was embedded within his 2016 campaign, saying, quote, spygate could be one of the biggest political scandals in history. at least i think it's spygate. knowing trump, he might just think that's how

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rockefeller family is now in its seventh generation, still together as a family, still preserving their wealth, still incredibly philanthropic david away up to $2 billion in his lifetime what's the secret to being such a successful family? >> well, i would say that it is incredibly important to be close as a family and to work hard and to budget wisely >> yeah, because you were saying as a kid, when you got your allowance, you had to record every dollar that went in and everything that you spent. and that's something that started with john d. rockefeller himself. >> it did. yes. i think the message was a dollar is a dollar, and to value that and put a lot of value on hard work and the enjoyment of life, of course, and to give back. >> all right well, there's a lot of giving back here, guys, because as you said, we're already at $760 million with a full day to go so this is already by far the single largest auction of a collection ever. ariana, thank you so much for joining us congratulations on the auction >> thank you >> guys, back to you >> robert frank, thank you for bringing us the interview. >>> speaking of the finer things i