LONDON.- This major exhibition brings together for the first time some of the finest sacred treasures of the medieval age. It features over 150 objects drawn from more than 40 institutions including the Vatican, European church treasuries, museums from…
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe at the British Museum
LONDON.- This major exhibition brings together for the first time some of the finest sacred treasures of the medieval age. It features over 150 objects drawn from more than 40 institutions including the Vatican, European church treasuries, museums from…
Sold: the Bomb-Making Tools of Theodore Kaczynski
WASHINGTON (AP).- To most people, Theodore Kaczynski’s bomb-making tools are meaningless relics from a life devoted to mayhem. To Janine Vaccarello, chief operating officer at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, they’re priceless….
Rare George Washington Relics Headline Americana & Political Auction at Heritage
DALLAS, TX.- A special grouping of more than 100 lots directly related to America’s first president, George Washington – including his personally owned and used Gunter Scale (estimate: $30,000+) and Compass (estimate: $40,000+), utilized by Washington …
Section of Titanic Hull Consigned by Charles Pellegrino Offered by Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- An actual 7 x 4 inch section from the hull of the doomed ship R.M.S. Titanic, modern history’s most famous shipwreck – consigned by famous author, Hollywood consultant and deep sea archeologist Charles Pellegrino – is expected to bring $4,…
Yad Vashem National Holocaust Memorial Starts Collecting Holocaust Items
TEL AVIV (AP).- Lydia Avidan, an elegant 79-year-old widow, walked into a Tel Aviv high school with tears streaking from beneath her tinted sunglasses. She was about to hand over to historians the only mementos she had left from relatives who perished …
Yad Vashem National Holocaust Memorial Starts Collecting Holocaust Items
TEL AVIV, ISREAL (AP).- Lydia Avidan, an elegant 79-year-old widow, walked into a Tel Aviv high school with tears streaking from beneath her tinted sunglasses. She was about to hand over to historians the only mementos she had left from relatives who p…
Jordanian Police Recover 7 Ancient Manuscripts
AMMAN (AP).- Jordan’s archaeology chief says security police have recovered seven ancient manuscripts from local smugglers. The writings are part of 70 manuscripts that Jordanian archaeologists discovered five years ago in a cave in the north. Later…
Morgan Fisher’s New Works, Photographs and Works on Paper at Bortolami
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents an exhibition of Morgan Fisher’s new works, photographs and works on paper. The photographs in the show present boxes of still film from the 1950s. They are doubly obsolete: once for being drastically past expirat…
Morgan Fisher’s New Works, Photographs and Works on Paper at Bortolami
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents an exhibition of Morgan Fisher’s new works, photographs and works on paper. The photographs in the show present boxes of still film from the 1950s. They are doubly obsolete: once for being drastically past expirat…