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PARIS — Having set a new record in November 2023 for La Romance ($568,680 or $722,230 with buyer’s premium), Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr brings Eroticon by Yiannis Moralis to market as as the top-estimated lot at The Greek Sale on Wednesday, April 24. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Yiannis Moralis (1916-2009) […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors. The find, announced June 1, would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – It’s a first symbolic step in a homecoming that will long outlast the 10-year Odyssey of ancient myth. For decades, an important part of Greece’s cultural heritage sparkled only for the very few in a U.S. billionaire’s private collection, until a groundbreaking deal for its gradual return to Athens. Now 15 of […]
NEW YORK – Doyle held the landmark sale of the Oliver Talcott Banks collection of ancient Greek coins on January 19. The collection was presented as a featured section of the auction of Coins, Stamps, Bank Notes & Sports Collectibles from various collections and estates.