he's no longer at sotheby's but running his own auction house. >> i sent him pictures in an e-mail, and a lot's changed since the '90s, when he appraised the screen for 15 grand. that's appropriate to the time frame? >> for that time frame, yes, absolutely. china's economy has grown dramatically from the '90s up to the present days. there's a lot more people with money, with ability to buy things. >> seems the swelling ranks of 21st century chinese millionaires have shifted the market for chinese art into overdrive. two weeks later, sarah drives down from vermont and brings the artwork to lark's manhattan office. >> he said the headdress might go for a few thousand, and then the little carved piece of jade -- that might get a couple of thousand. >> and that might cover leyeyo's textbooks. but then there's the table screen. as before, lark is most intrigued by it. >> the quality struck me. the workmanship, the design -- all of it was just exactly what you would want to see in an object that would be coming up for sale. >> and now that paul and sarah are serious about selling, it's time l

at an auction at sotheby's in new york in one thousand nine hundred ninety one paid the record price of more than a million dollars for look this rishta only way to work it's precisely there were men to carry paintings that still make top prices part of its pictures can be found in all the major museums and collectors are still often. do you consider me he is of course an artist who never sticks to a cycle for very long but always quickly moves on to the next we often prefer him to stick a bit longer to a particular series simply because the demand is there for completed groups of works but this curiosity this desire to jump from one thing to the next that fascinates me too in that sense every visit his studio is a surprise because you never know what you're going to get to see where this famous . it's always the next thing while you've still got the last one in your head you're surprised because the next one's there already. the whole mark of the boss and it is an upside down motif apparently trick maintaining to this game. that no two hundred. sixty nine bartlett's has been standin

now, bunny's possessions were sold at sotheby's for several hundred million dollars. it was kind 0 astonishing because i sat with a front of bunny's who had given her some unexpensive gifts. a $20 basket he had gotten and then an iron shape of a bunny that the got for $200. the $20 basket went for $4,000. the 200 decide bunny went for $40,000. we nearly fell out our seats. i couldn't afford anything in that auction. but i have one mow memento i childrennen. -- i cherish. i i fount a stone that bubby pain it an image on. she liked -- some her grandfather told her to keep it and the stone has a little tree she paint on one side and a heart and love on the other. it's been sitting on my desk desk for three years and helping me write this book. thank you for coming and happy to answer questions. [applause] >> there's some seats up front if anybody wants to sneak in before we start with questions. come on up. >> so, questions. yes. >> did you interview any of her servants. >> yes, one of the -- the trip to cape cod i took, staying in bunny's place. i sad there and the gard

. >>> sotheby's says a print of the declaration of independence by ezekiel russell sold.re in private hands while others are in institutions, including the boston public library and the harvard library. >>> you are up to date that's the news update brian, back to you. >> sue, thank you very much. guess what, guys hitting another all-time high. we've never said that in the last couple years. >> no, no, this is new. >> new all-time -- >> new news, not fake news. >> real estate, utilities are the leaders, utilities pow, telecom and materials are the lag guards travelers, ibm, even ge is recovered. j lag guard. j & j, p & g and goldman sachs. >>> phil le beau joins us. i think people will be focused on what they have to say, but it's more what do they say about 2018, and where they are positioned relative to their competitor so when you're looking at the three things to watch for when united reports earnings after the bell, let's start first off with passengers revenue growth it probably did improve in the fourth quarter, that's the expectations, not likely up to the level of

sothebies are happy about it. it is an exceptional item. it is pa rt of it. was built in chatham and was the ship that brought nelson's body backin the ship that brought nelson's body back ina the ship that brought nelson's body back in a barrel of brandy. he was landed at sheerness and take on the greenwich. the first time he stepped ona greenwich. the first time he stepped on a navy ship was at chatham and he spent a time in deal when he was commander of the channel fleet. there is a host of connections that we are exploring tonight and the fa ct we are exploring tonight and the fact the flag was sold for such a sum shows how much of a hold nelson still has in our collective imagination. that is me told! thank you both very much. if you want to see more on those stories, you can access them from the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide each week day on afternoon live. aus a us trainer has been charged with sexual abuse. one of first women to share what happened them was amanda. tomashaw. i was entering into his office expecting greatness, placing my life in the ha