Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak posts mighty auction resultsNEW YORK — The Swiss are famous for their timepieces and among the top tier of luxury watchmakers is Audemars Piguet. Founded in 1875 in Le Bruassus, Switzerland, the family-owned company’s wristwatches are celebrated for their elegance and precision. A work of beauty inside and out, these watches are known for their intricate design with […]
Storm damages oak from ‘Shawshank Redemption’MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A large oak tree that played a key role near the end of The Shawshank Redemption was heavily damaged during a storm last week. The 1994 movie was filmed in and around the former Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield in north-central Ohio. The tree is where Morgan Freeman’s character finds money […]
Rowan Oak curators keep Faulkner story aliveOXFORD, Miss. (AP) –There’s no place like home. At least for the curators—past and present—of Rowan Oak. At the kickoff for the 38th annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference, past curators Howard Bahr, Keith Fudge and Cynthia Shearer joined current curator Bill Griffith to share their stories of William Faulkner’s famous home, Rowan Oak, from the […]
Historic live oak tree at Texas landmark doomed by diseaseAUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A giant live oak tree that has stood at Laguna Gloria’s Driscoll Villa in Austin for more than 200 years is coming down, doomed by an incurable fungal disease. The Austin Museum of Art’s Laguna Gloria site director, Judith Sims, tells the Austin American-Statesman that the museum has spent $21,000 trying […]