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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Science, Arts and Culture, Auction Service, Anthropology, Conservation
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For sale, one Nobel Prize in literature: The Faulkner auction
New Yorkers got a preview Wednesday of an auction rarity: A Nobel Prize for literature. The 1950 medal belonged to William Faulkner, one of America's best-known and respected novelists. It comes with a hand-edited draft of Faulkner's acceptance speech;...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Nobel Prize Awards, Google+, Arts and Culture, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Spokesman to stars Howard Bragman sells in Hills for $2.3 million
Nothing makes a statement quite like a house, unless it's your personal publicist. Spokesman to the stars Howard Bragman has sold his gated house in Hollywood Hills West for $2.3 million. The contemporary compound features vaulted ceilings, an open...
Tags: Nick Nolte, Mike Brown (basketball)
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Limited edition art pieces raise the stakes at auction
A 7-1/2-foot-high safety pin that looks like a modern sculpture actually is a floor lamp made in 1975 by modern artist Yonel Lebovici (1937-1998). In the 1960s, he started making very unusual lamps and other items inspired by everyday objects. His...Tags: Sports, Table Tennis, Auction Service
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ElBulli auctions culinary past to build its future
ReutersBy Richard Leong NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Food lovers who never ate at elBulli, the now-closed, Michelin three-star restaurant in Catalonia, have a chance to buy a piece of the famed Spanish restaurant and dinner with its head chef, Ferran Adria,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Michelin Group, Auction Service, Wines
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Happy birthday, Superman! A look back at 75 powerful years
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIt's an auspicious occasion for the Man of Steel. Exactly 75 years ago today, Superman made his debut in “Action ...... -
Chinese bowl sells at Sotheby's for record $9.5 million
An 18th century Chinese bowl fetched a record $9.5 million at a Sotheby's auction. The Ruby-Ground Double-Lotus "falangcai" bowl sold Monday to Hong Kong antiques dealer William Chak after 11 bids. The price surpassed pre-sale estimates of about $9...
Tags: Lotus (music group), Auction Service, The Wall Street Journal
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Manuscript acquired by Getty prevented from leaving Britain
A valuable 15th century Flemish manuscript acquired by the J.Paul Getty Museum late last year has been placed under an export embargo by British authorities, who hope to keep the object in the United Kingdom. Britain's cultural minister Ed Vaizey has...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Minivans and Vans, The Getty, Museums, United Kingdom
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04/22: Progressions
Advertising Robert Merrick was promoted to associate creative director at Anson-Stoner in Winter Park. Architecture Aimee Weiner and Cheryl A. Maze were promoted to shareholders at TLC Engineering for Architecture, Inc., Orlando. Boards of...
Tags: Technology, White House, Education, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Katy Perry's Hollywood Hills West home for sale at $6.925 million
Singer Katy Perry's fortress-like compound in Hollywood Hills West is for sale at $6.925 million. The double-gated Mediterranean-style house, built in 1925, sits on nearly 3 acres with a caretaker's apartment/carriage house and a guesthouse. Called...
Tags: Park Hill, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ruby Sparks (movie), Real Estate, Desperate Housewives (tv program)
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Making homes safe from natural disasters
One could say that Judy Gibbons started prepping for her latest endeavor as a real estate agent 46 years ago today. That's because on April 21, 1967, a 9-year-old Gibbons huddled under the basement steps of her Barrington home with her mother, four...Tags: FEMA, Real Estate, Insurance, Natural Disasters, Chicago Weather
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Basquiat works on display at New York Sotheby's before private sale
Fans can have one last look at works by Jean-Michel Basquiat before they go on sale. More than 30 pieces -- from simple crayon on paper to sophisticated, colorful canvases -- will be on display May 2 through June 9 at Sotheby's galleries in New York....
Tags: Sports, Painting, Arts and Culture, Auction Service, Arts
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