i was very excited to see this week, for instance, one of my all-time favorite artists, mark bradfordho lives in los angeles, his works have been selling very well this week. and when we for the first time saw the work by mark bradford, we decided to put him straight away into the evening sale. the first auction it made , something like $180,000, which was sensational. this week, we have prices in excess of $3 million for him. so it is exciting to follow artists through their careers. charlie: did you champion richard prince? simon: richard prince is an artist i love very much. i remember when he did an exhibition of his nurses at the gladstone gallery in new york. a number of friends said it is crazy what he is doing now with these nurses. i madly fell in love with his nurse paintings. they were all selling between $35,000 and $75,000. at philips we are championing , his work. we are including his work. i remember telling a number of colleagues -- listen, you should really look at prince. and it would go in one ear and go out the other ear. then we sold one of these nurses for just u

and when we, for the first time, sold a work by mark bradford, we decided to put him straightaway to the evening sale, and the first time a work of his sold at auction it made $180,000 or something in that rage, which is sensational. this week we've seen prices in excess of $3 million for him. so it is exciting to follow artists through their careers. >> rose: did you champion richard prince? >> richard prince is an artist that i always loved very, very much, and i remembered when richard prince did an exhibition of his nurses at the gladstone gallery in new york. and a number of friends said, it's crazy, what is he doing now with his nurses? and i madly fell in love with his nurse paintings. his nurse paintings were all selling between $35,000 and $75,000, and, so, we at phillips were championing his work. we were including his work. and i remember telling a number of colleagues -- not colleagues, but friends, i said, listen, you should really look at prints, and it would go into one ear and out the other. then we sold one of these nurses for just under $1 million. when that happene

and when we for the first time saw the work by mark bradford, we put straight away into the evening saleat first option, it made something like $180,000, which was sensational. this week, we have prices in excess of $3 million for him. follows exciting to artists through their careers. charlie: did you champion richard prince? simon: richard prince is an artist i love very much. i remember when he did an exhibition of his nurses at the gladstone gallery in new york. and a number of fronts said it is crazy. what is he doing now with his nurses? i madly fell in love with his nurse paintings. andrld selling between 35 $75,000. championingwe are his work. we are including his work. i remember telling a number of colleagues -- not collies, but friends -- listen, you should really look at prince. and it would go in one ear and go out the other ear. then we sold one of these nurses under $1 million. then the friends came back and said where can i get prince? [laughter] charlie: tonight -- a nurse there will be called the number -- the runaway nurse. we expect to make between seven or $10 millio

people can bid during a live auction on a lot of artwork and one of those pieces is by artist mark bradford. then downstairs, we went to a more club-like supper-like kind of dinner. this one has a live deejay and a "sexy vibe." then at 10:00 the building will turn into a party. after three years of multi- million dollar renovation, this new sf moma will open to the public on saturday. last month, we got a preview of some of the artwork and we're talking about three times the gallery space that it once had so this is not a cookie cutter museum. it is the largest now in the u.s. 10 floors, hundreds of exhibits. earlier i spoke to the modern ball chair. take a listen. >> i feel like it's a major contribution. i feel so excited and proud to be part of such a momentous event. but also, part of what this -- what we're giving to the community, culturally, so we -- this is the largest contemporary collection in the world. >> reporter: so we're talking about 19 full exhibits nearly 2,000 individual artworks. but tonight, it's all about the glamour and the celebrity and the grand re-opening of this m

mark cooper who worked for philly 311, prosecutors say he and his co-workers sold more than 2,000 forged transpasses. >>> eagles quarterback sam bradfords back on field two weeks after he asked the birds to trade him. you're looking at bradford at the novacare complex for voluntary workouts yesterday. john got an earful about bradford's return from football analyst and former eagles quarterback ron jaworski. take a listen. >> i can't imagine he'd be welcomed back with open arms. when a player walks out on a team, he has apologizing to do. i'm sure he's done that. he's a standup guy. >> bradford and his agent tried to force a trade during the week eagles drafted carson wentz. >>> some texas parents are blaming sneakers for a car fire. they say their 2 1/2-year-old son kicked off his shoes. >> i saw the shoe laying on the ground with the wires sticking up. it was just a lightbulb. i knew immediately that's what it was. >> the parents believe a lithium ion battery inside the shoe may be to blame. an official cause has not been declared by the fire marshall. >>> the oil producing city of fort mcmurray has been saved from the raging wildfir

mark rough low comes to the philadelphia region on a mission. why he was knee deep in a local creek. >>> the case of the missing quarterback has been solved. sam bradfordck with the eagles after demanding a trade. what sammy b is saying about his return. that's later in sports. >> this is cbs3 "eyewitness news" with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo and don bell. ♪ >>> tonight shedding light on a shocking crime. people using every day items to steal electricity. >> not only is it dangerous but it's costing you millions of dollars. only our joe hold den was there as peco officials combed through one neighborhood searching for power steelers. >> they'll use anything they can. >> reporter: to the average person they're startling finds. >> these twenty four screws. two screws. powering the whole house. isn't powering the whole house. >> when you see something like that what goes through your mind. >> fire. >> reporter: people hot wiring electrical connections stealing electricity peco officials say any way they can. and you're paying for it. >> there you go. >> they can use anything to conduct electricity. we see beer cans crushed. >> reporter: come

mark rough low comes to the philadelphia region on a mission. why he was knee deep in a local creek. >>> the case of the missing quarterback has been solved. sam bradford with the eagles after demanding a trade. what sammy b is saying about his return. that's later in sports. >> this is cbs3 "eyewitness news" with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo and don bell. ♪ >>> tonight shedding light on a shocking crime. people using every day items to steal electricity. >> not only is it dangerous but it's costing you millions of dollars. only our joe hold den was there as peco officials combed through one neighborhood searching for power steelers. >> they'll use anything they can. >> reporter: to the average person they're startling finds. >> these twenty four screws. two screws. powering the whole house. isn't powering the whole house. >> when you see something like that what goes through your mind. >> fire. >> reporter: people hot wiring electrical connections stealing electricity peco officials say any way they can. and you're paying for it. >> there you go. >> they can use anything to conduct electricity. we see beer cans crushed. >> reporter: come o

bradford and happy to know he's back with the team. you see him here at practice here this morning. >> i don't think he handled right. >> reporter: markr, and says professional anything, act like it, minimum wage or millions, show up, do your job, and make yourself valuable. >> come in, work, prove it, and show them this is why you pay me the money. >> reporter: after signing a high price albeit a short contract, they drafted went eed bradford asked to be traded, apparently did not return coach's calls, but saw he had no leverage, either play for the eagles or retire were the choices, he decided to go back to work. >> i hope he does well, of course, because i want want team to do well, but i think thes are going to boo him on the field. >> reporter: the wentz jerseys come in this week, and we assume bradford is the starter in week one and he'll get another contract, but, man, is the pressure ob in the first game this year, first pass, fumble, or pick, the dude will hear wentz chants, and they will be loud. >> all right. that drama's over for now. >> yes. thankfully. >>> jim, next at 5:00, beating the odds. >> the tonight new jersey's