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…
Bassenge’s Holding Final Auction of 2010, Covers 19th Century Work to Contemporary Photographs
BERLIN.- Bassenge Photography Auctions is holding its final sale for the year on Dec. 1, 2010 in Berlin at 3 pm local time. The auction will offer nearly 500 photography and photography book lots in one of its largest sales ever. Bassenge’s auction …
Masters of Photography Featured in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Three giants of 20th-century American photography—Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Paul Strand—are featured at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through April 10, 2011, in the exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Stran…
Thomas Moran’s Early Landscape of Juniata Valley, Pa, is Acquired by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, voted last week to acquire The Juniata, Evening, an exceptional painting done in 1864 by American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Purchased from a private collect…
Thomas Moran’s Early Landscape of Juniata Valley, Pa, is Acquired by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, voted last week to acquire The Juniata, Evening, an exceptional painting done in 1864 by American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Purchased from a private collect…
Important Early Photographs of Yokohama by Father of Photo Journalism for Sale
LONDON.- Fascinating and historically important early photographs of the Japanese city of Yokohama in the 1860s by the renowned Italian/British father of photojournalism, Felice Beato, are to be offered at Bonhams India and Beyond sale in London on 5 O…
Important Early Photographs of Yokohama by Father of Photo Journalism for Sale
LONDON.- Fascinating and historically important early photographs of the Japanese city of Yokohama in the 1860s by the renowned Italian/British father of photojournalism, Felice Beato, are to be offered at Bonhams India and Beyond sale in London on 5 O…
10 Years On, Mystery of Confederate Submarine Remains
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (AP).- A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer. …
Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris Exhibition Arrives at Its Final Destination
ADELAIDE.- After enchanting audiences in Sydney and Melbourne, the sumptuous exhibition Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris arrives at its final destination, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Around a hundred lavishly beautiful works of art are o…
Lock of Napoleon’s Hair Sells at Auction for $13,000
AUCKLAND (REUTERS).- A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte’s head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand. Extra phone lines were installed for the sale to cope with an expected rush of international buyers seeking to sni…