$4.3 million for tchotchkes

An auction of mementos from his long career has netted $4.3 million for Van Cliburn, the pianist and maestro of the leading U.S. piano competition. Cliburn says he will give the money to the Juilliard School in New York and to the Moscow Conservatory, Jamie Wetherbe reports on the Los Angeles Times’ Culture Monster arts blog:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-pianist-van-cliburns-collection-fetches-43-million-at-auction-20120517,0,3371800.story