LONDON.- Following the success of Christie’s Arms and Armour sale in September 2010 which was 91% sold by lot, achieving over £500,000, Christie’s announces the upcoming sale, to be held on 22 June 2011. The auction will be led by the Colt .38 „P…
Cheim & Read Presents Works of ‘Fabric Drawings’ by Louise Bourgeois
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of works in fabric by Louise Bourgeois. Dating from 2002 – 2010, Bourgeois’s fabric “drawings” – assembled from discarded clothes, sheets, towels and similar material from her personal c…
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…
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Sites in Wyoming Added to Historic Register
ROCK SPRINGS, WYO (AP).- Two cultural sites on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land in western Wyoming are being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One is an archaeological site north of Rock Springs. The site contains prehistoric proj…
Celia, the Most Beautiful Boy in the World (and Percy) Star in Bonhams Hockney Sale
LONDON.- A rare signed proof copy of David Hockney’s lithograph ‘An Image of Celia’ in the original frame hand painted by the artist is the star item in sale dedicated to Hockney’s work at Bonhams on 20 April. Dating from the mid-1…
Wartime German Bunker Discovered by Workers in Warsaw Laying a New Tram Line
WARSAW (AP).- Workers in Warsaw laying a new tram line have uncovered a German bunker dating back to World War II, officials said Thursday. The bunker was discovered in recent days at Plac Zbawiciela, or Savior’s Square, a major traffic hub in the Pol…
Prado Museum Presents an Exhibition of a Previously Unknown Period in Ribera’s Career
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents The Young Ribera, a survey of Ribera’s activity during his period in Rome and in the years following his arrival in Naples in 1616. The exhibition runs from April 5 through July 31, 2011. This is a period of …
Celia, the Most Beautiful Boy in the World (and Percy) Star in Bonhams Hockney Sale
LONDON.- A rare signed proof copy of David Hockney’s lithograph ‘An Image of Celia’ in the original frame hand painted by the artist is the star item in sale dedicated to Hockney’s work at Bonhams on 20 April. Dating from the mid-19…
Discovery of Ancient Stone Tools in Texas Suggests Earlier Settlers in North America
WASHINGTON (AP).- The discovery of ancient stone tools at an archaeological dig in Texas could push back the presence of humans in North America, perhaps by as much as 2,500 years. Thousands of artifacts dating to between 13,200 and 15,500 years ago w…