Holes in Deep Pockets: The tycoon who...

Holes in Deep Pockets: The tycoon who owns the world’s two most expensive paintings was Japan’s biggest individual taxpayer in 1990, Japan’s tax agency said Wednesday. Ryoei Saito, 75, paid about $22.6 million in taxes on income from the sale of stock and land. Last May Saito plunked down $78.1 million for Renoir’s “Au Moulin de la Galette” and $82.5 million for Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet.” Saito said his tax bill won’t be so high next year, but he’s already “thinking about ways to make enough money to stay ranked 10th or 15th.”

Heeled: The humans were well-heeled, the wolves were real party animals and all were on their best behavior Tuesday in New York, mingling with Bashkim Dibra, dog trainer to the stars, at his posh book-signing party. Dibra paraded with two fluffy wolf cubs and signed copies of “Dog Training by Bash.” Clients Joan Rivers and Henry Kissinger didn’t make it to the bash.

The Butler Did It: Pat Kluge, once married to one of the richest men in the world, has been sued by her former butler for nearly $10,000 he claims she owes him. Timothy O’Brien, who was fired in February, said he is owed nearly 500 hours of overtime pay and 24 hours of vacation pay. Kluge was unavailable for comment.

Clancy Again: Writer Tom Clancy’s characters shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles in his new novel, “The Sum of All Fears.” “One of the things that makes the world dangerous is ballistic weapons with nuclear warheads, and I want those damn things put away,” he said to students at Johns Hopkins University, underscoring all his technical research: “You engineering pukes are going to love it.”