SKOPJE (REUTERS).- Macedonia erected on Tuesday a giant bronze statue of Alexander the Great, further inflaming a long-running row with neighboring Greece that is blocking the country’s bid for membership of the European Union and NATO. Cranes hoisted …
Macedonia Erects Alexander the Great Statue, Further Inflaming Long-Running Row with Greece
SKOPJE (REUTERS).- Macedonia erected on Tuesday a giant bronze statue of Alexander the Great, further inflaming a long-running row with neighboring Greece that is blocking the country’s bid for membership of the European Union and NATO. Cranes hoisted …
Original Star Spangled Banner Fragments Up for Bid, First Time in Modern Auction History
DALLAS, TX.- Two superbly documented fragments of the original Star Spangled Banner, which inspired America’s national anthem in 1814 as it flew in defiance of the British over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, MD, and were later in the collection of a Philade…
Original Star Spangled Banner Fragments Up for Bid, First Time in Modern Auction History
DALLAS, TX.- Two superbly documented fragments of the original Star Spangled Banner, which inspired America’s national anthem in 1814 as it flew in defiance of the British over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, MD, and were later in the collection of a Philade…
The BAT Artventure Collection Part Two Realizes $ 4,198,489 at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- The sale of the world-renowned BAT ArtVenture Collection, formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, realized a total of €2,941,725 / £2,582,732/ $4,198,489, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €1 mill…
The BAT Artventure Collection Part Two Realises $ 4,198,489 at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- The sale of the world-renowned BAT ArtVenture Collection, formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, realised a total of €2,941,725 / £2,582,732/ $4,198,489, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €1 m…
The BAT Artventure Collection Part Two Realises $ 4,198,489 at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- The sale of the world-renowned BAT ArtVenture Collection, formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, realised a total of €2,941,725 / £2,582,732/ $4,198,489, a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of €1 m…
Keats Love Letter to Return to Keats House Following Successful City of London Corporation Bid
LONDON.- The City of London Corporation, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has bought a love letter written by the poet John Keats to Fanny Brawne at Wentworth Place (now Keats House) in 1820. The letter was bought at auction in London for
A Major Mexican Mayan Culture Seated Deity Sells for Record at Drouot in Paris
PARIS.- On Monday, March 21, 2011 at Drouot Richelieu, the auction house sold a very important collection of Pre-Columbian art. The items belonged to the collection of Mr. H. Law, who has been collecting for 25 years beautiful “stone figures” from the…
Collections from Leicestershire and Worcestershire on Sale at Christie’s South Kensington
LONDON.- In Christie’s second Sunday Sale of the year on 20 March 2011 two distinguished private collections will be offered for sale: The Collection of the late Lady King of Wartnaby and Property of the late Amanda Caroline Severne of Shakenhurst…