and was validated as legitimate bidder, the bidder, bidding by phone. wing item after item, after item t the owner of the auction house expressed annoyance. they want to cultivate a collector class. the auction house said leave some for the others. meanwhile, members of the hopi tribe were watching the auction on line, heartbroken after losing their battle in court. the best hope was that the items would not sell. that would at least leave them some other opportunity some day to try to get them back. the bidder on the phone kept buying up item after item after item always being the highest bidder. cultural director for the hopi toemd the new york times when he turned out his lights at 2:00 a.m., he felt he was saying good-bye to the spirits embodied in the headdresses. when he turned on his lights the next day, the news was very different. because the it turns out the anonymous bidder who was gobbling up the pieces at the auction who had successfully bid on 21 of 24 artifacts on the
wing item after item, after item t the owner of the auction house expressed annoyance. they want to cultivate a collector class. the auction house said leave some for the others. meanwhile, members of the hopi tribe were watching the auction on line, heartbroken after losing their battle in court. the best hope was that the items would not sell. that would at least leave them some other opportunity some day to try to get them back. the bidder on the phone kept buying up item after item after item always being the highest bidder. cultural director for the hopi told the new york times when he turned out his lights at 2:00 a.m., he felt he was saying good-bye to the spirits embodied in the headdresses. when he turned on his lights the next day, the news was very different. because the it turns out the anonymous bidder who was gobbling up the pieces at the auction who had successfully bid on 21 of 24 artifacts on the block turns out to be a u.s. based philanthropic group, the annenberg o