NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A 1999 photograph of the Rhine river by German artist Andreas Gursky has sold for $4.3 million in New York City, setting a record for any photograph sold at auction. Titled “Rhein II,” the chromogenic color print face-mounted to a…
Photo of Confederate General Robert E. Lee fetches $23K for charity at online auction
NASHVILLE, TN (AP).- A Goodwill worker who spotted a photograph of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has helped the charity make $23,000 in an online auction. The tintype photograph was in a bin, about to be shipped out, when a worker grabbed it and se…
Civil War Trove Set for Sotheby’s Auction
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND (AP).- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee characterized Virginia’s Civil War secession as a revolution and President Abraham Lincoln uncharacteristically scolded a couple for their lack of loyalty to the Union …