An employee holds French artist Camille Pissarro's "Paysanne avec un ane, Pontoise" from 1877 before an auction in Jerusalem November 30, 2008. A curator for the auction said that in times of economic hardship, more art works are put up for auction

An employee holds Nachum Gutman's "Jerusalem" from 1960 before an auction in Jerusalem November 30, 2008. A curator for the auction said that in times of economic hardship, more art works are put up for auction.