NAMES IN THE NEWS : Sinatra Painting Nets $17,000
<i> From Times Wire Services </i>
RANCHO MIRAGE —
A painting by Frank Sinatra sold for $17,000 at a celebrity art auction to benefit a treatment center founded by the singer’s wife for sexually abused children.
The abstract floral painting was bought Saturday by Bob Rossi, an executive with Toys R Us, said Susan Reynolds, a spokeswoman for Sinatra.
More than $140,000 was raised for the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower Medical Center. Barbara Sinatra founded the children’s center four years ago.
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