Party Girl: Helen Gurley Brown received a...

Party Girl: Helen Gurley Brown received a Mercedes Benz and a replica of a manual typewriter at a bash in New York celebrating her 25 years with Cosmopolitan magazine. The 68-year-old editor-in-chief danced the Charleston at the Monday night party, said a Cosmo spokeswoman. Among the 250 guests were David Frost, Peter Jennings and Beverly Sills.

Hidden Deal: Track star Carl Lewis said he was given money by Nike while competing in college--a violation of National Collegiate Athletic Assn. rules. In his autobiography, “Inside Track,” the six-time Olympic gold medalist said that his contract, which covered college and after-college years, was worth $200,000, plus bonuses. Nike spokeswoman Liz Dolan said Tuesday in New York the company knew it was violating NCAA rules when it signed Lewis.

Art War: Federal Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston placed a $6.8-million price tag on four watercolors painted by a young Adolf Hitler and photographic archives of the pre-war era. The findings were issued Tuesday in a lawsuit in which the U.S. Army and the family of Heinrich Hoffmann, who was given the paintings by Hitler, both claim ownership.

Monkey Business: An opulent 83-foot yacht whose most famous passenger was Gary Hart is for sale at $1.225 million. Elton John, Jack Nicholson and Elizabeth Taylor have visited the Monkey Business docked north of Miami. The former U.S. senator from Colorado sank in his run for the presidency after his trip with model Donna Rice on the boat in 1987.