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&lt;p&gt;If anyone has had an eye on the goodies purchased with Bernie Madoff&amp;rsquo;s ill-gotten gains, now&amp;rsquo;s the chance to catch a bargain. On November 13, Uncle Sam will be auctioning off some 400 of Madoff&amp;rsquo;s personal items, including a Steinway grand piano, a 10.5 carat diamond engagement ring and a pair of monogrammed velvet slippers. (For those interested, the auction will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel &amp;amp; Towers. You can preview the items the day before the sale, either in person at Surroundart in Brooklyn, or online at www.txauction.com and www.usmarshals.gov/madoff.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, efforts to compensate the victims of Madoff&amp;rsquo;s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme (a/k/a &amp;ldquo;The Scam of the Century&amp;rdquo;) continue&amp;mdash;with mixed results. According to the &lt;em&gt;New York Post&lt;/em&gt;, Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Madoff&amp;rsquo;s investment firm, spent $26.9 million to recover $849,000. On the other hand, Picard&amp;rsquo;s efforts have proved lucrative for his own law firm, Baker &amp;amp; Hostetler, which received the bulk of those payments: $15.8 million, according to documents filed in Manhattan federal court. &amp;nbsp;Sensationalism aside, it should be noted that those sums represent only the amounts recovered and paid out in the second and third quarters of 2010; in total, Picard has reportedly recovered about $1.5 billion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;what to wear for a weekend at Bernie&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;max-width: 250px;&quot; title=&quot;Bernie Madoff&#39;s slippers&quot; src=&quot;http://www.vault.com/VCM/blogs/madoffs_slippers.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Bernie Madoff&#39;s slippers for sale&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;(U.S. Marshals Service)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

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