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Marfa’s Own Reluctant Performer, Adam Bork
Set of There Will Be Blood, photo by Alberto Tomas Halpern
Children's Activity Table Inspired by Judd
Old Toltec Motel Postcard (auction)
Marfa 608, Guest House
Firefighters Contain Most of Fire in Marfa Area

Artist Sues Maverick L.A. Dealer Over Sales
"In the 1980s, Chrismas was accused of stealing the work of several major artists. He plead no contest to a criminal charge that he stole seven works by Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Donald Judd. He has also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at least six times since 1982. Despite such legal troubles, however, he has continued to be a force in the art world. Chrismas' Los Angeles gallery now features works from such artists as actor Dennis Hopper and sculptor Jeppe Hein, whose work has also appeared in the Venice Biennale and the Museum of Modern Art in New York..."

Real Estate: The Going Gets Tougher (nationally)
Those still interested in investing are looking in more out-of-the-way markets. San Francisco interior decorator Marjory Graue has bought or sold six properties in the past six years...
Graue recently paid well under six figures for a three-bedroom, two-bath house in Marfa, Tex., an artists' community near the Mexican border. Graue figures she'll spend another $30,000 remodeling the place and then either rent it out or flip it. Her purchase price was so low, she doesn't have a mortgage. "My Dad said Rockefeller bought at 10 cents on the dollars and sold at 70 cents," she says. "I see these people keeping loans on top of loans. I'd rather buy really cheap and sell it to somebody else who'll make some money, too."