LONDON.- A rare and exceptional example of the first Apple computer – the Apple 1 – sold today at Christie’s for £133,250 / $212,267 / €156,169. The first personal computer with a fully assembled motherboard, the Apple 1 heralded t…
Paris Louvre Asks Public for Help to Buy Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Painting "The Three Graces"
PARIS (REUTERS).- France’s Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euro…
Paris Louvre Asks Public for Help to Buy Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Painting "The Three Graces"
PARIS (REUTERS).- France’s Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euro…
Legendary Souvenir Chess Piece from 1897 to be Offered at Christie’s South Kensington
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of The Property of a Private Collector of Chess Sets and Game Boards, to be included in the Interiors sale at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom on 7 December 2010. The chess collection is to be sold b…
Legendary Souvenir Chess Piece from 1897 to be Offered at Christie’s South Kensington
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of The Property of a Private Collector of Chess Sets and Game Boards, to be included in the Interiors sale at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom on 7 December 2010. The chess collection is to be sold b…
Copy of Annie Leibovitz’s ‘John and Yoko’ Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of Annie Leibovitz’s famous photo of a nude John Lennon with a clothed Yoko Ono is going up for auction in New York City. The photo was taken just hours before Lennon was shot in December 1980 and appeared on the cover of Rollin…
Copy of Annie Leibovitz’s ‘John and Yoko’ Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of Annie Leibovitz’s famous photo of a nude John Lennon with a clothed Yoko Ono is going up for auction in New York City. The photo was taken just hours before Lennon was shot in December 1980 and appeared on the cover of Rollin…
Christie’s New York to Offer Extraordinary Collection of Unique Daguerreotypes
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in an exclusive sale this fall. The auction, featuring 74 daguerreotype photographs, hails from a private collec…
Christie’s New York to Offer Extraordinary Collection of Unique Daguerreotypes
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in an exclusive sale this fall. The auction, featuring 74 daguerreotype photographs, hails from a private collec…
Bowes Museum Reunites Two Important Works for New Display
DURHAM.- The Bowes Museum has brought together two important art and textile pieces which are to be displayed side by side at the museum for the first time. The Adam Jacquard woven textile is a key piece in the Barnard Castle museum’s significant …