...wealth, Bruyas started his collection. One of his first commissions went to Alexandre Cabanel, who painted an oil-on-canvas portrait of his redheaded patron in 1846. It would be among the first of many portraits the collector commissioned...

...significance of the subconscious, died in 1989. In Fort Worth, the most expensive item - $450,000 - is an oil-on-canvas portrait of a New York socialite, "Mrs. Bryce," which shows rich details in her hands and face and features some...

...named Nancy Moore Thurmond, was born, said Chardell Holmquist, an auction staff member. There were several oil-on-canvas portraits of the senator, more than a dozen photos of the senator with Ronald Reagan, all of them autographed by the...