NEW YORK (AP).- Huguette Clark, the Montana copper mining heiress who died in New York last month at 104, has left most of her $400 million fortune to the arts. According to her will, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Clark gave a prized…
Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan Teenage Lover Ruby on Auction at Milan Art Dealer
MILAN (REUTERS).- A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister’s trial on underage prostitution charges. Prosecutors …
"Silvio & Ruby" on Auction at Milan Art Dealer
MILAN (REUTERS).- A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister’s trial on underage prostitution charges. Prosecutors …
Rhode Island Man Accused in $6M Con Says Witnesses Lied
By: Ian MacDougall, Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP).- As his trial drew to a close, a former Rhode Island art dealer said Friday that witnesses lied to the jury in claiming he duped them in what prosecutors call a $6 million con. Rocco DeSimone …
Serbia Police Find Modigliani Photo in Search
By: Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press
BELGRADE, SERBIA (AP).- Serbian police searching for a war-crimes fugitive on Thursday instead found photographs of a stolen Modigliani painting they suspect is in his possession. The war crimes prosecutor’s offic…
Serbian Police Find Modigliani Photo in Search
By: Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press
BELGRADE, SERBIA (AP).- Serbian police searching for a war-crimes fugitive on Thursday instead found photographs of a stolen Modigliani painting they suspect is in his possession. The war crimes prosecutor’s offic…
Auctioneer Gets 5 Years for His Part in Art Scam
LOS ANGELES (AP).- An auctioneer who helped sell fake art to thousands of TV viewers has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. James Mobley was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles, the last of three defendants sentenced in the scam that involved…
New York Lawyer Convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls Case
By: Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- A scholar’s son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father’s detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A Manhattan j…
Egyptian Minister, Farouk Hosni, Questioned in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).-Egyptian prosecutors questioned the culture minister for three hours over the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting that has put him on the defensive over the state of museum security around the country. Farouk Hosni said he sought in Sunday…
Egyptian Minister, Farouk Hosni, Questioned in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s culture minister says he was questioned by prosecutors for three hours over last week’s theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting. Farouk Hosni told reporters Monday he volunteered for the interrogation to dispel accusations of neglige…