Alec Baldwin was allegedly caught red handed trying to cheat an auction house for a signed Norman Rockwell print according to this IMDB report. The report cites an upcoming report in the New York Post's tabloid magazine The Star, as claiming that Baldwin allegedly tried to lower the reserve price of the print so that he would have a chance to purchase it at a lower price. They list Baldwin's recent financial woes as a possible motive for the scam. Is this a form of upper class shoplifting? If I was in that much financial trouble, I'd cut back my spending on Norman Rockwell prints. Given the source, I wonder how much truth there is to the story.

However, this may provide an answer to the question of what Baldwin is doing here in the first place. I guess these financial woes are also the reason that Baldwin hasn't kept his promise to leave the country if Bush got elected. Hey Alec, I'll personally pay for your passage to the foreign country of your choice as long as you guarantee that you will not to come back.