By: Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (REUTERS).- While Texas financier Allen Stanford awaits trial on charges of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, hordes of buyers waited on Saturday at a sweltering warehouse for an auction of his possessions. People line…
Texas-Based Gaston & Sheehan Sells Spoils of Bernard Madoff’s Lavish Life in New York
NEW YORK (AP).- Anyone wanting to walk in the shoes of fallen financier Bernard Madoff was in luck Saturday: Thousands of belongings from his New York City penthouse, including his used shoes, went on the auction block. An anonymous bidder paid the hig…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing
BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword o…
Spoils of Bernard Madoff’s Lavish Life on Auction Block at a Manhattan Hotel this Saturday
NEW YORK (AP).- Jailed financier Bernard Madoff led a lavish lifestyle until his downfall. The disgraced financier left homes filled with luxury goods — and everyday items like underwear, slippers and T-shirts, all monogrammed to fit his ego. Thou…
Spoils of Bernard Madoff’s Lavish Life on Auction Block at a Manhattan Hotel this Saturday
NEW YORK (AP).- Jailed financier Bernard Madoff led a lavish lifestyle until his downfall. The disgraced financier left homes filled with luxury goods — and everyday items like underwear, slippers and T-shirts, all monogrammed to fit his ego. Thou…
The Morgan Library and Museum’s Landmark McKim Building to Reopen October 30
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 30, The Morgan Library & Museum’s landmark McKim building will reopen to the public following the completion of the most extensive restoration of its interior spaces since its construction more than one hundred years ago. The …
The Morgan Library and Museum’s Landmark McKim Building to Reopen October 30
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 30, The Morgan Library & Museum’s landmark McKim building will reopen to the public following the completion of the most extensive restoration of its interior spaces since its construction more than one hundred years ago. The …
Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917-1924 Opens Next Week
NEW YORK, NY.- This remarkable exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World…
Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917-1924 Opens Next Week
NEW YORK, NY.- This remarkable exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World…