The spring auctions, which raise extraordinary amounts for private schools, are in swing. It is, as parents display their generosity and status, "an exquisitely calculated social occasion," writes Alex Kuczynski. But she botches the key question. The two tickets to Vanity Fair's Oscars party, donated by Graydon Carter for the Tuttle Hall auction: how much did they go for?
At School Auctions, Prestige Is the Prize [New York Times]