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Fantastic beasts found in abundance at Curated Auctions, July 13
LONDON – From floating giraffes to dodo bones, extinct bird feathers to flying beasts, as well as taxidermy, curiosities, natural history and so many more delights that tickle and test the imagination, the Curated Auctions sale taking place Wednesday, July 13 and dubbed Objects of Wonder & Relics of Extinct Beasts, is set to astonish. View the fully […]
Hockney stirs interest in run-up to Ahlers & Ogletree sale, April 9-10
ATLANTA – A 1984 photographic collage by David Hockney and a monumental 19th-century Georgian breakfront are a few of the expected top lots in Ahlers & Ogletree’s Spring Estates & Collections auction slated for the weekend of April 9-10. More than 1,000 lots will come up for bid, and start times on both days are […]
Creative thinking during pandemic results in mermaid museum
BERLIN, Md. (AP) – Last year, when the pandemic forced people to retreat into their homes, Alyssa Maloof found her photo studio empty. So Maloof, who has a deep interest in fine art, decided to turn her studio into a museum celebrating mermaids.
Sworders ventures ‘out of the ordinary’ with flea circus props, April 13-14
STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, England – The Out of the Ordinary auction at Sworders on April 13-14 is its largest to date, numbering close to 600 lots. The sale brings together the weird and the wonderful, from an original Dalek from the Doctor Who television series to a sword presented by Catherine the Great to a cossack who […]