Though its last rites were pronounced by a final bang of the auctioneer’s hammer on August 27, 1994, Dominique’s restaurant died with a whimper. Out, in the satisfied hands of auction-goers, went the autographed photographs of presidents, celebrities, and other famous folk, from Teddy Kennedy and Ronald Reagan to Warren Beatty and Frank Sinatra. Out, from the 30-foot-high Garden
WITHIN CERTAIN QUARTERS, Terry Merrifield’s name is enough to provoke a barrage of expletives. Many people have roughly the same opinion of him that Jackie Onassis has of photographer Ron Galella. He has been threatened with everything from lawsuits to premature retirement; “I’m going to put a hole in your head,” a man he’d never met told him. It’s