NEW YORK— Emperor’s Club — the escort service at the heart of the Eliot Spitzer scandal — also has a foothold in the art world, assuming one can trust that a related Web site is not a joke, Artnet reports. Emperors Publishing Media, which ran the site for Emperors Club VIP until it went defunct last week, also runs a site called Emperors Club Contemporary Art, which (as of publication) is still live and well.

Artnet reports that the site claims to link artists and dealers with the same sort of "ultra-affluent market (millionaires and billionaires) and some of the richest people in the world" who frequented the other Emperors Club.

"One of the many ways by which we create and add special value to already extraordinarily affluent lives," according to the site, "is by enabling direct access to some of the world’s most captivating, authentic contemporary art available."

Clients to the site have access to "exclusive" art auctions, which have a 15 percent commission on the first $100,000, and 10 percent on sums above that. Web pages feature artists such as Carl Andre, John Chamberlain, Gregory Crewdson, Hilary Harkness, Jeff Koons, Vera Lutter, Richard Prince, David Salle, Andrew Wyeth, and Dr. Hugo Heyrman — each of whom has an individual entry, complete with illustrations of two works and excerpts from catalog essays and reviews. The site also includes ads for elite auction houses (Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Bonham’s) and art firms (Maison Gerard and Baccarat).

There is no word yet on how many clients the art site has, or who they are.