Santa Fe, NM.- Experience Matters, and for the 11th installment of the acclaimed international art fair ART Santa Fe, this phrase means an exciting week-end in the country’s second largest art market. ART Santa Fe runs from July 7-10, 2011. It all …
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Sold at Auction to Anonymous Internet Bidder
MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction organizers said. The buyer from Singapore paid a world-rec…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Europe’s Largest Antiques Association, LAPADA, Comes to Russia
MOSCOW (REUTERS).- Europe’s largest antiques association catered for the Russian elite on their home turf for the first time this week, banking on the growing sophistication of the country’s super-rich to rapidly increase demand. The London-based LAPAD…
Karl Lagerfeld’s Photos on Display at Maison Europeene de la Photographie
PARIS (AP).- He’s an uncontested master with a pen and sketchbook, on which he’s been rattling off blockbuster ready-to-wear and haute couture collections for decades. But Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is also gifted with a camera. A new Paris exhibit…
Karl Lagerfeld’s Photos on Display at Maison Europeene de la Photographie
PARIS (AP).- He’s an uncontested master with a pen and sketchbook, on which he’s been rattling off blockbuster ready-to-wear and haute couture collections for decades. But Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is also gifted with a camera. A new Paris exhibit…