LONDON.- Today a gentleman no longer needs a set of duelling pistols, which means that Bonhams Antique Arms and Armour sale on April 20th is free to offer twelve sets of pistols estimated to sell for between £2,500 to £60,000, as items of historical …
Pirate Henry Morgan’s Cannons Found in Panama?
PANAMA CITY (AP).- Archaeologists say six cannons recovered from a river in Panama that could have belonged to legendary pirate Henry Morgan are being studied and could eventually be displayed. The group of Panamanian and foreign archaeologists say th…
Rare Painting of Doomed WW2 Bomb Store that was Covered Up for Years, Offered at Bonhams
LONDON.- A powerful painting of a Staffordshire bomb store by the artist David Bomberg will be offered by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art sale on March 9th. The painting is estimated to sell for £80,000 – 120,000. As World War II broke o…
Rare Painting of Doomed WW2 Bomb Store that was Covered Up for Years, Offered at Bonhams
LONDON.- A powerful painting of a Staffordshire bomb store by the artist David Bomberg will be offered by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art sale on March 9th. The painting is estimated to sell for £80,000 – 120,000. As World War II broke o…
Peru President Alan Garcia Says Yale University to Return Thousands of Inca Artifacts
LIMA (AP).- Peru’s president announced Friday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The university issued a statement a few hours later expressing satisf…
Sean Branagan Adopts LCD Screens for New Show at Gooden Gallery
LONDON.- Sean Branagan’s work has a hint of the impossible, but nearly graspable about it. He doesn’t describe the world we know – i.e. he doesn’t focus on the scaffolding, in which we communally invest, through language and social order…