"A Study of Glass," by Richard Upton Pickman
©2000 Todd Shearer

(United Press International) A Study of Glass, a rare still-life by R U Pickman, was recently sold at Sotherby's of London by the estate of the late Anton Szandor LeVey, for an astonishing $132,000, to an unnamed bidder. While Sotherby's refused to disclose the buyer, it was ascertained that the painting was delivered to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.