Found treasures department: I'm pulling stuff out of storage closets to move to the new house and just discovered something I had totally forgotten I had. I can't recall the specifics right now, but I have the most amazing posed photograph of my Uncle Pat (the one who made international headlines circa 1962 after being accused of being a Soviet Spy--about 10 seconds after my father, his brother, was promoted to Major General in the U.S. Army!). He's seated, with white gloves on and clutching a briefcase. It's a really arresting looking thing, and for some reason I remember Pat telling me it was taken by a son (nephew? cousin?) of Richard Avedon. The photo is signed, but unfortunately got smudged somewhere along the line, so I can't read it clearly. It really looks like an "Avedon," though, gorgeously rich black and white hues. And it's BIG--probably 2 feet by 3 feet. I'm going to have to do some research--I just Wikipedia'd (oy, a new verb), and Avedon's only son is a scholar of Tibet.
