5 days LeftLA GALERIE NUMISMATIQUE500 Lei 1998, Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the 1848 Romanian Revolution€30(2 bids)
6 days LeftLA GALERIE NUMISMATIQUEMEDAL OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES, instituted in 1974.€10
Auction of Romanian dictator memorabilia bags $55,000BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Bidders in Romania have spent 50,000 euros ($55,000) buying Communist memorabilia in an auction that included items belonging to the late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The star lot was a Communist Party card issued to Ceausescu in 1954, when it was known as the Worker’s Party. It was sold for 2,000 […]
Furniture made for former Romanian dictator to be auctionedBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – It is furniture fit for a dictator and now it’s up for sale. Twenty-five years ago, the Communist Party politburo ordered a bespoke set of rosewood, walnut and cherry wood furniture as a birthday present for former Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu. But Ceausescu never received the gift. He and his wife […]
Romanian held in Britain over 2012 Dutch art heistBUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) – A Romanian man accused of stealing seven masterpieces from a Dutch museum was arrested in Britain after months on the run, Romania’s Interior Ministry said Friday. “Following an exchange of information between Interpol Romania and Interpol Manchester, one of the suspects accused of the theft of several paintings in Rotterdam was […]
Romanian who admitted Dutch art heist to get reduced sentenceBUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) – A Romanian who admitted stealing seven masterpieces from a Dutch museum will get a reduced sentence because he acknowledged his guilt, a local court ruled Thursday. The court accepted Radu Dogaru’s request to benefit from an article in Romania’s penal code stipulating that a sentence can be reduced by a third […]