Researchers announce items that survived Brazil museum fireRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Researchers from Brazil’s National Museum said Monday that they had recovered more than 1,500 pieces from the debris following a massive fire.
Investigation follows Sunday’s devastating museum fire in RioRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Forensic investigators and researchers awaited access Tuesday to the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, gutted in a fire, to find out how the blaze began and what remains of the 20 million artifacts that made the museum one of the most important in Latin America.
’73 Telecaster stage-played by Stevie Ray Vaughan in Oct. 19 auctionLOS ANGELES – An incredibly rare Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan stage-played Telecaster electric guitar headlines the extensive music items being auctioned at Profiles in History’s October 17-20, 2014 Hollywood Auction. The beautiful 41-year-old Telecaster (pre-auction estimate of $7,500+) previously belonging to American singer-songwriter Tom Pacheco and may be the only known example of a stage-played […]
London Eye: September 2011There is nothing like a liberal sprinkling of red dots at an art fair to momentarily banish the sense of impending doom brought on by fears that the Eurozone is teetering on the brink of economic meltdown. Perhaps this is one reason why the art market seems so resilient to global recession — people buy […]