Monday, Oct. 25, 1999

Wretched Excess

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Tam Gray, Jeffrey Kluger, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia and Chris Taylor

BIBLIOPHILIACS ANONYMOUS Got a few extra thousand you want to throw away on a photo album? Try these for size:

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY SUMO (works by PHOTOGRAPHY, II Helmut Newton)

COST $9,000 $1,500

SIZE 15 lbs. 66 lbs.

COMES WITH 15 photogravures, A coffee table designed signed by the artists by Philippe Starck

PRINT RUN 50 copies 10,000 copies