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Bulgarian Fashion
![Early Bulgarian Gilded Silver Pafti (Belt Buckle): Eastern Europe, Balkan Region, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A large repousse silver and copper belt buckle known as a pafti, in two pieces, with round bosses containing](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540245_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
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Bulgarian police return smuggled antiquities to museum
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Bulgarian police have handed the remnants of three ancient necklaces to the country’s most important museum after seizing the artifacts from smugglers who looted them from archaeological sites. Police gave the artifacts to the National Museum of History in Sofia, whose collection is among the largest in the Balkans. The museum’s […]
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Antique arms and armor powered a magical May series at Hermann Historica
MUNICH, Germany – Hermann Historica‘s week of auctions, held between May 6-12, delivered clear and unquestionable success. The 3,500 lots were particularly well received by the numerous buyers, making this May auction series a resounding triumph.
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US museum returns rare 1,000-year-old manuscript to Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A U.S. museum has returned a valuable 1,000-year-old Christian manuscript to a monastery in northern Greece it was looted from by Bulgarian forces more than a century ago, together with hundreds of other documents and artifacts.
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Julien’s finds heated market for Cold War spy gadgets
LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions held its Cold War Relics Auction Featuring the KGB Espionage Museum Collection on Feb. 13. The event offered nearly 500 of the rarest and most important artifacts from the U.S., Soviet Union and Cuba during the Cold War-era ever to be assembled and offered at auction. Absentee and Internet live […]