The city is suing a New Jersey man and Christie's auction house for $1MM over 86 drawings (mostly) by Jacob Wrey Mould, who designed the Bethesda Fountain and Belvedere Castle in Central Park. Sam Buckley says he inherited the watercolors from his father, who found them in a dumpster about 50 years ago. Buckley brought the pieces to Christie's, and the auction house now holds them—however, earlier this week a Manhattan judge ordered them to refrain selling the drawings while the two sides are in settlement talks, according to the Daily News. more ›

Many moons ago Burt Britton, a former bartender at the Village Vanguard, began collecting portraits drawn by writers and other famous folk keeping the barstools warm (Kurt Vonnegut and Allen Ginsberg amongst them). Today they go on auction at Bloomsbury Auctions (check 'em out). more ›

Jason Polan has undertaken a project that seems nearly impossible; on his website he states:

I am trying to draw every person in New York. I will be drawing people everyday and posting as frequently as I can. It is possible that I will draw you without you knowing it. I draw in Subway stations and museums and restaurants and on street corners. I try not to be in the way when I am drawing or be too noticeable. Whenever I have a new batch of drawings I will post them on this blog.

day on my travels." These remind us of faster-paced versions of what Marvin Franklin, the late subway track inspector/artist, had been creating all of his years underground. more ›