LONDON.- MacDougall’s Works on Paper Auction raised over 1.1 m pounds on December 1st, setting new record prices. The top lots went several times higher than their pre-sale estimates. The cover lot 13, Nubian with a Waterpipe by Michail Zichy sold fou…
Babe Ruth Home Run Ball Goes for $264,500 at the Louisville Slugger Museum
LOUISVILLE (AP)- The ball Babe Ruth hit for his 702nd career home run fetched $264,500 during an auction Saturday at the Louisville Slugger Museum. Ruth hit the home run in 1934 and later signed the ball. It had been passed down by three generations o…
NEA Announces New Report on How Americans Use Electronic Media to Participate in the Arts
WASHINGTON, DC.- When compared with non-media participants, Americans who participate in the arts through technology and electronic media – using the Internet, television, radio, computers, and handheld devices – are nearly three times more l…
Frick Collection on Fifth Avenue Celebrates 75th Anniversary
NEW YORK (AP).- New York’s incomparable Frick Collection is throwing itself a birthday party this year to mark the 75 years since the museum opened its doors to the public. As might be expected from an institution established by steel magnate Henry Cla…