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Celebrities on Sale in Swann Photo Auction

If the nude supermodels in Christie's' upcoming auction are a little out of your price range, but you'd still like to try your hand at starting a photo collection, check out Swann Galleries' NYC sale on May 15. While short on supermodels in their birthday suits, the Swann sale does have some high-profile and provocative celebrity pix at considerably lower prices than the Christie's event.

Highlights include Francesco Scavullo's 1984 portrait of Sting, est. $1,800 - $2,200, pictured here; Roy Schatt's 1954 photo of James Dean, est. $1,500 - $2,500; several works by Herb Ritts including a 1986 Madonna portrait, est. $4,000 - $6,000, and a muscle-bound Fred With Tires, 1984, est. $8,000 - $12,000; a 1977 Christopher Makos photo of Andy Warhol, est. $4,000 - $6,000; and Helmut Newton's 1981 full-frontal Sylvia in My Studio, Paris, est. $4,000 - $6,000. Catch a preview below.

Gallery: Swann Photo Auction

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Digital Photo Frame, Mother's Day Gift of the Day

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

Photos are always a great gift for a mother because they are the only way you can come close to physically handing someone a memory. Before you dismiss that as overly-sappy, just ask a mother.

And ever-growing number of people rely on their digital cameras for all their photography and many never bother to get those digital pictures printed out, storing them on a hard drive instead. With a frame like this Digital Photo Frame by Phillips at the Sharper Image, the need to make physical copies of pictures - even for the purpose of gift giving - will be a thing of the past. The frame features a 6.5-inch color LCD screen, with 133-ppi and 720x480 resolution. There are multiple display modes with allow you to view one picture in full-screen mode, browse through up to 14MB of stored photos or create a slide show with up to 80 images. The frame is rechargeable and comes with a USB cable to connect it to your computer, but it also has a built-in reader for compact flash, SD, MMC and memory sticks. Price: $249.95.

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