That high-brow arts title from Conde Nast might just yet appear, despite the door supposedly closing on former editorial director James Truman's vision.

Truman, who took off for Spain after leaving the company in January, took a lunch with chairman Si Newhouse last month, which confirms our fears: Nobody ever really "leaves" 4 Times Square. Si wants to know if James is interested in resuming development of the title.

Meanwhile, Conde Nast is putting all its efforts into getting its business title off the ground, so it might be a couple years before Truman's Sotheby's catalog appears on newsstands.