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Gunter Schabowski, meantime, insists that his announcement at the press conference was spontaneous and called Ehrmann's new version of the story "completely absurd."

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Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice.com, which released the news, added that not only are more than half of the 2010 global Top 10 Contemporary Artists Chinese, only three, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, and Richard Prince, are Americans.

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It was converted to loft apartments by artists, who helped reclaim the neighborhood and turn it into a nexus for the art world, said Bruce Ehrmann, a broker with Stribling and Associates who has the listing.

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"This is the real SoHo," said Mr. Ehrmann, who once lived in the building with his wife, Sandi Sloane , an artist.

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"To me the most striking change is that the neighborhood went from a place that was contaminated in every aspect…to a place that is thriving," said Mr. Ehrmann, a real-estate broker who has lived in TriBeCa since 1987.

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Stribling's Bruce Ehrmann, who has a number of high-end rental listings in the area, said prospective buyers have been canceling appointments to see apartments.

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"This agreement is another milestone in the case," said Daniel Ehrmann , Lehman's head of international operations and a managing director at restructuring and professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, restructuring advisers to the former Wall Street powerhouse.

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Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice.com, which released the news, added that not only are more than half of the 2010 global Top 10 Contemporary Artists Chinese, only three, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, and Richard Prince, are Americans.

G. Roger Denson: China Takes Top Spot in Art Auction Sales Away From the US & UK -- What It Means for Global Culture G. Roger Denson 2011

"As we have consistently stated, we remain focused on negotiating settlements with our international affiliates and to bringing the estate's plan to a vote and confirmation by year end," Mr. Ehrmann said in a statement.

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Bruce Ehrmann and his wife were among those who stayed in TriBeCa after 9/11.

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