NEW YORK, NY.- Among serious watch collectors and horological aficionados, perhaps no name inspires as much reverence and admiration as that of James Ward Packard (1863-1928), the American auto manufacturer and inventor whose passion for watch collecti…
Early Masterwork by Edgar Degas Comes to the Princeton University Art Museum
PRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton University Art Museum presents an early masterpiece in portraiture by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) on loan for a limited time from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Thérèse de Gas, painted about 1863, re…
Leopold Museum Announces Favorable Conclusion Over Egon Schiele Painting Dispute
VIENNA.- The Leopold Museum Private Foundation announced that negotiations in the case Jenny Steiner / ”Häuser am Meer” have reached a favorable conclusion: Following strenuous efforts, a settlement has been reached with the only granddaught…
Leopold Museum Announces Favorable Conclusion Over Egon Schiele Painting Dispute
VIENNA.- The Leopold Museum Private Foundation announced that negotiations in the case Jenny Steiner / ”Häuser am Meer” have reached a favorable conclusion: Following strenuous efforts, a settlement has been reached with the only granddaught…
Sale of Chateau Latour Presented by Christie’s Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong 2011 Spring Sale of Finest and Rarest Wines – Rarities from the Cellar of Château Latour will offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire a tremendous range of vintages from the legendary Château Latou…
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Highlights Civil War Nurses
WASHINGTON, D.C..- In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened a special display titled “‘So Much Need of Service’—The Diary of a Ci…
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Highlights Civil War Nurses
WASHINGTON, D.C..- In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened a special display titled “‘So Much Need of Service’—The Diary of a Ci…
New Exhibition at Auburn University Museum Explores Prints by Edvard Munch
AUBURN, AL.- The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University presents a new exhibition, Prints by Edvard Munch, on view from Feb. 5–April 30 in the Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth Gallery. Munch, a Norwegian artist who lived fr…
Prendergast Works Loaned to Milwaukee Art Museum
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.- A selection of important objects by artist Charles Prendergast (1863–1948) are on display as of today. To frame historians, the name Charles Prendergast is a hallowed one. To art historians, he is a fascinating but elusive e…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Goes for $3.7 Million
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln that was purchased by Robert F. Kennedy sold Friday for more than $3.7 million, an auction record for a U.S. presidential document. Kennedy bought the printed c…