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Original Salvador Dali engraving turns up at thrift shopNAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) – An original Salvador Dali wood engraving hangs on the wall of Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head after being discovered among the donated items of an Outer Banks thrift shop.
Museum reveals engraving hidden in Lincoln watchWASHINGTON (AP) – For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the […]
Montrose returns with 550-plus lots of top-tier sporting, military, and personal firearms May 11MONTROSE, GA — Fresh off its triumphant return to LiveAuctioneers in March, Montrose Auction returns Saturday, May 11 with its Fine Firearms & Accessories sale, featuring a whopping 556 lots. The catalog is now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. “We think firearms collectors are going to love the quality and variety in this […]
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at BonhamsPARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]