The Real Story of the Superheroes by Dolce Pinzon at (Super) Heroes, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ilana Novick.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – With Iron Man 3, Thor and Wolverine on or about to be on our movie screens this summer, it feels like superhero worship is everywhere, inspiring new generations of kids to don capes and fight evil. While it’s important to dream, it’s equally crucial to remember that superheroes come in a variety of forms.
The artists and subjects participating in United Photo Industries’ FENCE project (Super) Heroes wrapping around the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, provide a much-needed counterbalance to those above-mentioned characters. The block below the Manhattan Bridge can get a little dark and lonely. The photos brighten the base of the bridge, balancing the sounds of cars and trains above.
The nine artists include Alex Gross, Astrid Verhoef, David Graham, Dulce Pinzon, Gregg Segal, Maleonn, Nicholas Silberfaden, Susanne Middelberg and Walter Iraheta explore everything from Hollywood Superman impersonators on their days off completing mundane tasks like car washing and mail collecting, to the everyday superheroes whose sacrifices for their families and neighborhoods are often silent ones.
All nine are worth a visit to DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Overpass Bridge), but my favorites were Dulce Pinzon’s shots of the people she calls the unsung heroes of New York, and Nicholas Silberfaden’s portraits of Hollywood impersonators on their days off. Pinzon captures an immigrant businessman waiting for a train, wearing wings, who regularly sends money overseas to his family, a window washer in a Spiderman costume, cleaning windows hundreds of feet above the city, a waiter in an unidentifiable blue muscle shirt serving food. My favorite of Silberfaden’s was a Captain America impersonator under the hood of his car.
It turns out even Captain America needs to be his own mechanic. Come visit him at the convergence of Adams Street, Plymouth Street and Anchorage Place.
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The Real Story of the Superheroes by Dolce Pinzon at (Super) Heroes, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ilana Novick.‘Impersonators’ by Nicholas Silberfaden at (Super) Heroes, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ilana Novick.‘The Real Story of the Superheroes’ by Dolce Pinzon at (Super) Heroes, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ilana Novick.‘The Real Story of the Superheroes’ by Dolce Pinzon at (Super) Heroes, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ilana Novick.
Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Image by AudeVivere. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
NEW YORK (AP) – In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.
In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne Svenson from his second-floor apartment, the faces are obscured or not shown. The people are unidentifiable.
But the residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and they never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display—and for sale—in a Manhattan gallery.
“I don’t feel it’s a violation in a legal sense but in a New York, personal sense there was a line crossed,” said Michelle Sylvester, who lives in the residential building called the Zinc Building, which stands out with its floor-to-ceiling windows in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and old, brick warehouse buildings.
Svenson’s apartment is directly across the street, just to the south, giving him a clear view of his neighbors by simply looking out his window.
“I think there’s an understanding that when you live here with glass windows, there will be straying eyes but it feels different with someone who has a camera,” Sylvester said.
Svenson’s show, “The Neighbors,” opened last week at the Julie Saul Gallery in Chelsea, where about a dozen large prints are on sale for up to $7,500. His exhibit is drawing a lot of attention, not for the quality of the work, but for the manner in which it was made.
Svenson did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press, but says in material accompanying the exhibit that the idea for it came when he inherited a telephoto lens from a friend, a birdwatcher who recently died.
“For my subjects there is no question of privacy; they are performing behind a transparent scrim on a stage of their own creation with the curtain raised high,” Svenson says in the gallery notes. “The neighbors don’t know they are being photographed; I carefully shoot from the shadows of my home into theirs.”
That explanation has done little to satisfy some residents of the Zinc Building, where a penthouse was once listed at nearly $6 million. In an email circulating among the building’s owners and renters this week, a resident whose apartment was depicted in Svenson’s photographs suggested legal recourse against the artist.
“I am not an expert in this area of the law, but I do think we may have some rights and the ability to stop this,” the email reads. “I love art, but find this to be an outrageous invasion of privacy.”
Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel said that according to New York civil rights law, there may be a way for Svenson’s subjects to challenge him in court but the case will depend entirely on context.
“The question for the person who’s suing is, if you’re not identifiable, then where’s the loss of privacy?” he said. “These issues are a sign of the times. How do you balance the right of privacy vis-à-vis the right of artistic expression?”
Linda Darcia, an exchange student from Colombia living with a family on the sixth floor facing Svenson’s studio, said she had no idea whether or not she was depicted in any of the pieces but she was anxious to go to the gallery and find out.
“I’m not really upset about it because that’s his job,” she said. “But maybe he should have asked before the gallery opens. Everybody’s talking about it.”
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Brandon Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was declared a U.S. Historic Landmark in 1985.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – An 18th-century house in seemingly impeccable condition sits on nearly 5,000 acres of timberland and farmland along the James River in Prince George County.
The Brandon Plantation has changed ownership only a few times in the past four centuries. It is about to change again.
The house, “one of America’s most admired works of Colonial architecture,” according to the National Park Service, and its 4,487 acres will be sold at auction June 26, if not before—if the price is right.
The center section of the plantation house is said to have been designed as a wedding gift by Thomas Jefferson.
The 7,773-square-foot house has two wings, one of which was built circa 1765, seven bedrooms and 61/2 baths.
The property dates to the founding of Jamestown in 1607. The original owner of Brandon Plantation, Capt. John Martin, helped establish the first permanent English settlement in North America.
The property also has a connection to William Shakespeare. The second owner’s brother married Shakespeare’s daughter.
And in the early 1800s, the property was transferred to the Harrisons, a prominent political family in U.S. history that produced Virginia governors and two U.S. presidents: William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
The most recent owner’s father survived the Titanic, the passenger liner that sank in 1912.
“There are so many points of history and components of the property; it’s almost comical,” said Todd B. Wohl, a partner of Los Angeles-based Premiere Estates Auction Co., the auction company for Brandon Plantation.
“The history goes on and on and on,” Wohl said. “The property has almost 5 miles of river frontage. It’s so difficult to put a price on it. Ultimately, the market will determine the value.”
The property is assessed at $10.3 million. A reserve or minimum bid was not disclosed. A deposit of $250,000 is required to bid on the property.
The property will be marketed regionally, nationally and internationally, Wohl said.
Josh Dare, co-founder of The Hodges Partnership, a Richmond-based public relations firm that is part of the sales team, said Brandon Plantation is a rare and unique opportunity.
“It’s a spectacular piece of history that goes to the public very rarely,” Dare said. “Someone has the chance to be the next chapter in a long historic story that has been on the James River since soon after the colonists got there.”
Brandon Plantation is on the south shore of the James River in Spring Grove, about 51/2 miles north of Route 10 between Hopewell and Smithfield.
A working farm—with with crops of corn, wheat and soybeans—Brandon Plantation is one of America’s oldest and continuous agricultural enterprises, according to the National Register of Historic Places.
The property has 1,600 acres for farming, 2,200 acres of timber, 2.5 miles on the James River and 2.8 miles on Chippokes Creek. The tract contains deer and turkey and is known for its waterfowl hunting.
In addition to the plantation home, the property has 11 residential houses—seven of which are rented.
The property also has a pool, a tennis court and 14 farm structures, including a horse stable, two-story brick mule barns, a dairy barn, wood and metal frame buildings for storage of farm equipment and three grain elevators.
The land was farmed possibly as early as 1607 but clearly from 1614, according to the National Register of Historic Places.
The land was granted to John Martin from the king of England in 1616, and the tract was named Brandon after the family of Martin’s wife.
In 1637, merchants John Sadler and Richard Quiney (Quiney’s brother was married to Shakespeare’s daughter, Judith) and mariner William Barker bought Brandon Plantation. They and their heirs farmed the land until 1720 when it was sold to Nathaniel Harrison.
The property was owned by the Harrison family until 1926, when it was acquired by Robert W. Daniel Sr., the Titanic survivor, and his wife. The couple undertook the restoration of the house and grounds. Daniel was a Virginia state senator.
The property has stayed since then in the Daniel family. Linda Daniel, the widow of Robert W. Daniel Jr., who died a year ago and served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, is selling it.
“The first time I saw it, I was in awe of the place and the history,” said Paul E. Bernett with Wells Fargo, the co-executor with Linda Daniel.
“I was amazed at the condition of the main house that something that old could be so well-maintained,” Bernett said, noting that the property has changed hands only four times since the king’s grant.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire property like this,” he said.
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Brandon Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was declared a U.S. Historic Landmark in 1985.
Palm Beach Modern’s auctioneer, Rico Baca, gets into the Gatsby mood as he inspects premier items in the company’s May 25 auction, including (clockwise from left) one of a pair of Jules Leleu French Art Deco period chairs with ottomans, a large Jeff Compertz abstract painting, one of a pair of circa-1930 French Art Deco Egyptian Revival candelabra, and an Alfred Porteneuve French Art Deco rosewood with silver-plated bronze sideboard/dresser made in 1939 for the SS Pasteur ocean liner. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Great Gatsby would feel quite at home at Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction. A free-spending millionaire bootlegger, the fictional Jay Gatsby was the quintessential literary embodiment of Jazz Age extravagance. Living a life of unbridled excess, Gatsby decorated his spectacular Long Island mansion with the finest Art Deco furnishings money could buy – the type that have endured to this day as icons of classic design. Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction — with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers — pays homage to the Gatsby era, with 357 lots of furniture and art objects that perpetuate or complement the Art Deco aesthetic.
“Without Art Deco to serve as its inspiration, mid-century modern might never have happened. There is an evolution from Art Deco to Moderne to mid-century design that cannot be denied, and that’s the focus of our next auction,” said Rico Baca, auctioneer at Palm Beach Modern Auctions.
Three outstanding French Art Deco period pieces represent the “Gatsby era” in Palm Beach Modern’s sale. The first of these items is a fine and rare 1939 rosewood sideboard/dresser designed by Alfred Porteneuve (1896-1949) specifically for the SS Pasteur ocean liner. It features six drawers and a single center door that smartly conceals two shelves. It is expected to make $15,000-$20,000 at auction.
Art Deco elegance is expressed to perfection by a pair of important circa-1923 Jules Leleu (French, 1883-1961) chairs with matching cushioned ottomans of rosewood with ivory upholstery. The chairs are illustrated on Pages 28 and 29 of Viviane Jutheau’s reference Jules et Andre Leleu, as well as on Page 133 of The House of Leleu by Francoise Siriex. Effortlessly chic and of impeccable quality, the pair is estimated at $50,000-$70,000.
A substantial matched pair of Egyptian Revival candelabra reflects the frenzy for Egyptian design in the decade following the 1922 discovery of King Tut’s Tomb. The motif on each silvered-bronze candelabrum includes bas-relief pharaohs’ heads and mythological imagery on fluted columns. Made in France around 1930, the pair is entered in the sale with a $6,000-$8,000 estimate.
Art Deco or mid-century modern? One would be hard pressed to tell the difference in quite a few of the 1950s-1970s pieces featured in the May 25 sale. A convincing case could be made either way for Lot 71, a circa-1975 Jacques Duval-Brasseur dining table with a whimsical dragon-sculpture base, est. $30,000-$35,000; or Lot 81, a circa-1950 Andre Arbus (French, 1903-1969) bronze-mounted cabinet of ebonized wood with Greek-key motif, ex Christie’s London, est. $20,000-$30,000.
Another mid-century interpretation of the Art Deco taste is seen in Lot 143, a rare and important Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979) walnut desk with asymmetrical cutout drawers and brass sabots. Ponti said of this desk: “…this is my masterpiece, it is a piece of furniture that is very simple but not formally inert.” It is illustrated on Pages 8 and 166 in Lisa Licitra Ponti’s 1953 reference Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978. Estimate: $50,000-$70,000.
A pair of timeless 1970s Karl Springer (American, 1931-1991) torchieres/floor lamps (Ref: Karl Springer Ltd. Catalog 1977-1994) was made from mixed metals with acrylic columns and artful inverted shades. The lamps will cross the auction block together with a presale estimate of $2,500-$3,500.
Many other premier designers add cachet to the auction lineup, like Paul Evans (American, 1931-1987), whose elusive set of 10 sleekly tufted camel-colored leather and wood dining chairs – two of them having arms – date to around 1970. The set would pair up nicely with nearly any type of glass or wood contemporary table and is expected to command an auction price of $20,000-$30,000.
Several designs by Charles and Ray Eames (American, 1907-1978 and 1912-1988, respectively) will be offered, including a Model 671 rosewood, leather and metal lounge chair and ottoman manufactured by Herman Miller. A classic of the mid-century modern design realm, the chair/ottoman could make $3,000-$4,000. Another innovative design concept is reflected in Lot 218, the pair of 1972 Warren Platner (American, 1919-2006) for Knoll International padded lounge chairs with desirable bronze wire-effect frames. Estimate $5,000-$7,000.
Murano glass vases, decanters, lamp bases, sconces and candlesticks of exceptional quality are entered in the decorative art section of the sale. Several designs are by Murano master Anzolo Fuga, including three monumental vases. One of them, Fuga’s “Murrine Incantante” gourd-form vase, is a 1950 production similar to an example in Rosa Barovier Mentasti’s book Anzolo Fuga: Murano Glass Artist, Works for A.V.E.M. It carries an estimate of $4,000-$6,000.
Art Deco or mid-century interiors would be equally suitable settings for any of three Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) etchings to be auctioned. All three are of nudes and have 1938 dates (etched into plates). Each is estimated at $5,000-$7,000.
Palm Beach Modern’s “Tribute to Great Gatsby” auction of Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern Design will commence at 12 noon Eastern Time on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The exhibition center and auction venue is located at 417 Bunker Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33405. Preview Mon.-Fri. May 20-24 from 10-5; and from 9 a.m. on auction day.
For additional information, call 561-586-5500, e-mail info@modernauctions.com. Website: www.modernauctions.com.
View the fully illustrated auction catalog online and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet at LiveAuctioneers.com.
Palm Beach Modern’s auctioneer, Rico Baca, gets into the Gatsby mood as he inspects premier items in the company’s May 25 auction, including (clockwise from left) one of a pair of Jules Leleu French Art Deco period chairs with ottomans, a large Jeff Compertz abstract painting, one of a pair of circa-1930 French Art Deco Egyptian Revival candelabra, and an Alfred Porteneuve French Art Deco rosewood with silver-plated bronze sideboard/dresser made in 1939 for the SS Pasteur ocean liner. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Jacques Duval-Brasseur (French) rare and large dining table with dragon-sculpture base, probably circa 1975. Estimate $30,000-$35,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Large pair of circa-1930 Art Deco Egyptian Revival candelabra, French, silvered bronze. Estimate $6,000-$8,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Alfred Porteneuve (French, 1896-1949) fine and rare Art Deco rosewood with silver-blated bronze sideboard/dresser made for SS Pasteur ocean liner, 1939. Estimate $15,000-$20,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Jules Leleu (French, 1883-1961) rare pair of rosewood and ivory Art Deco chairs with matching ottomans, circa 1923. Estimate $50,000-$70,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Andre Arbus (French, 1903-1969) ebonized wood, bronze and marble cabinet with Greek-key design, circa 1950, ex Christie’s London. Estimate $20,000-$30,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979) important walnut and brass desk with asymmetrical cutout drawers, regarded by Ponti to be his ‘masterpiece.’ Estimate $50,000-$70,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
One of three etchings of nudes by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). This image is from the 1940 book ‘Afat’ (edition of 64) by Ilia Zdanevith. Estimate $5,000-$7,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Warren Platner (American, 1919-2006) for Knoll International (American) pair of upholstered lounge chairs with bronze frames, 1972. Estimate $5,000-$7,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Paul Evans (American, 1931-1987) rare set of 10 tufted leather and wood dining chairs, two with arms, circa 1970. Estimate $20,000-$30,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
Anzolo Fuga (Italian) A.V.E.M monumental ‘Murrine Incantante’ gourd-form vase, circa 1950. Est. $4,000-$6,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
A courting couple is pictured on this Sevres-style porcelain urn. It has gilt metal mounts and a lid. The 17-1/2-inch urn sold for $1,750 at a 2013 Leslie Hindman auction in Chicago.
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – French porcelain has been popular since the 18th century, and large urns still sell quickly. While Sevres porcelain is the best-known, there were many other designers and factories.
Large urns were made by the end of the 18th century to be used in large rooms with high ceilings or in gardens. Those that look like a large flower pot on a pedestal held plants or flowers. Most were placed on the floor. Those that narrowed at the top and had a cover and elaborate decorations were strictly ornamental. They were put on a low table or a fireplace mantel to be admired. All of them are called “urns,” and the decorated ones often are called “Sevres-style.”
Of course, the original old urns made by the Sevres factory are the most desirable and most expensive. But some of the Sevres-style urns by others sell for high prices, too. The quality of the work, the amount of gold trim and the beauty of the decoration set the price. Prices range from a few hundred dollars to more than $10,000. Most popular are pictures of masses of flowers or landscapes that include well-dressed people.
Q: I bought a piece of property that happened to have a mobile home parked on it. Once I bought the property, I owned the mobile home, too. The three-piece bedroom set in the mobile home includes a bed, dresser and chest of drawers. The mark inside a drawer on the dresser and chest is “Henredon Fine Furniture.” What can you tell me about the company and the set’s value?
A: Henredon Furniture Co. was founded in Morgantown, N.C., in 1945, so the bedroom set was not made before that year. The Henredon brand name has been owned by Furniture Brands Inc., based in St. Louis, since 2001. Henredon furniture is known to be of high quality, but your set would sell as “used furniture,” not as “antique furniture.” Try to sell it locally—it is expensive to ship furniture a long way.
Q: Our statue of a peasant girl is 25 inches tall. She is sitting on a tree stump and holds a basket of cherries on her lap. On the round base, there’s a plaque in the shape of a scroll that says “La Cerises par Cana.” Wasn’t there a famous 19th-century French sculptor named Cana? How can I find out what it’s worth?
A: Louis Emile Cana (1845-1895) was a French sculptor of bronzes, but he specialized in sculpting animals. Another French sculptor, Francois Hippolyte Moreau (1832-1927) created a bronze sculpture titled Les Cerises (“The Cherries”) that matches the description of yours. His original bronzes are signed with his name. Known copies signed like yours were made of spelter, a zinc alloy. Still, if yours is one of those and is in excellent condition, it could sell for several hundred dollars. An original Moreau is worth more than $2,000.
Q: I know about Teco pottery and its matte green vases, but I just heard the company also made tiles. Is that true?
A: Yes. A color ad in a 1913 catalog shows a variety of tile murals and single tiles used for trim made by Teco. Other tiles are also pictured. Earlier black-and-white ads show different tiles. Teco advertised that it made “architectural terra cotta, Teco and garden pottery and wall, floor and art tile” until 1917 or later.
Q: Years ago, I took a chance and won a “basket of cheer” at a church bazaar. I still have one of the unopened bottles from that basket. It’s a bottle of Benedictine liqueur with a red seal on the front and a label that reads “D.O.M.” and “86 proof.” I figure it’s an antique and would like to sell it, but I don’t know how to go about it.
A: Benedictine is an herbal liqueur that has been produced in France since the 1860s. “D.O.M.” has been its motto since the beginning and stands for “Deo Optimo Maximo,” which can be translated as “Praise be to God, most good, most great.” Bacardi owns the brand today. Your bottle is not an antique, since it has to date from after the end of Prohibition in the United States. But it was bottled before the liqueur’s alcohol content was lowered to 80 proof. U.S. liquor laws come into play when you want to sell a full bottle of an alcoholic beverage, even a bottle some might consider collectible. Some national auctions hold special whiskey auctions every year. Unless you just spread the word among your friends and acquaintances to sell your bottle, you might try contacting a nationally known auction house. Your bottle might sell for $50 or more.
Q: You mentioned that old glass bottles and insulators and even pressed glass goblets may turn purple if left in the sun a long time. Why?
A: We learned from an article in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine that coloring changes in glass are caused by chemicals in the glass. Arsenic was used in glassmaking before World War II, and when left in the sun, that glass turns yellow. Manganese was used before 1930, and that glass turns pale purple in sunlight. The very dark purple bottles seen at flea markets today are irradiated with modern machines, not by the slow rays of the sun.
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Arts and Crafts electric lamp, pyramid shade, leaded glass, tulips, column standard, 14 x 14 inches, $395.
Edwardian-style game table, mahogany, inlay, shaped top, hinged, square legs, circa 1950, 30 x 36 inches, $615.
Sevres plate set, center Napoleonic shield, bees, cobalt blue border, 9 1/2 inches, 10 pieces, $690.
Firefighting bucket, leather, red paint, handle, circa 1800, 17 inches, pair, $825.
Rose Medallion vase, baluster, figures, roses, butterflies, molded lip, gilt foo dog handles, circa 1865, 32 inches, pair, $2,765.
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A courting couple is pictured on this Sevres-style porcelain urn. It has gilt metal mounts and a lid. The 17-1/2-inch urn sold for $1,750 at a 2013 Leslie Hindman auction in Chicago.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. – Stella Show Management Co. has announced the sale of its three New York events—Antiques at the Armory and the March and November Pier Antiques Shows—to GLM.
GLM is a tradeshow and events production company based in White Plains, N.Y.
A statement on the Stella Show Management website reads: “ … after 45 years of a great association with antiques dealers and the antiques events industry, Irene Stella wishes to retire and pursue with more attention some of her life’s other interests. In order for her to do so, we have undertaken a reorganization of Stella Show Management Co.”
GLM is the producer of the Original Miami Beach Antique Show® plus other highly regarded events in the U.S
Stella Show Management Co. notes that dealer applications and all deposits, records and booth preferences for the November show have been transferred to GLM. Dealers will be receiving communications shortly from GLM.
Stella Show Management Co. will continue to focus on more specialized lifestyle events such as the Country Living Fairs and the Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair. The company said other new and innovative events that are in the planning stages.
“Words can’t express the extreme admiration I have always had and still feel for the hard work, knowledge and camaraderie of antiques dealers and the love and appreciation I feel for all their faith in Stella Show events over the past 45 years and the great people, characters and amazing friendships this business brought to my life,” commented Irene Stella in the statement.
The Danish National Archives where the documents were stolen. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Two Danish men have been sentenced to prison after confessing to stealing World War II documents from Denmark’s national archives.
The Copenhagen City Court on Friday gave sentences of two years to one man and 21 months to the other for stealing 1,045 documents between 2009 and their arrests in late 2012.
The men told the court how they used, among other items, a carved-out notepad to hide the documents that included torn-out book pages and photos. The documents were estimated to be worth between 1.5 million kroner ($260,000) and 3 million kroner ($520,000).
The men claimed they were planning to write a book about the war. The prosecutor said they were collectors, adding many documents have been recovered but others have been sold.
They did not appeal the sentences.
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Schaeffer pens circa 1949-1952, new-old stock. Image courtesy LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Rich Penn Auctions. FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) – The centennial celebration of the Sheaffer Pen Co. made its way to where the famed writing implement got its start—in Fort Madison, Iowa.
The celebration, which wrapped up Saturday, included a 100-year birthday cake, forum panels led by current and former Sheaffer employees, a visit from Sheaffer family members and a silent auction, the Burlington Hawk Eye reported.
The late Walter Sheaffer started the W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co. in 1913 in Fort Madison after perfecting a fountain pen with an imbedded lever to fill its ink reservoir. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1928.
After acquiring Sheaffer, BIC USA Inc. closed its Fort Madison plant in 2008.
Sheaffer general manager Tim Williams, who runs the company out of Paris, says BIC is well aware of the impact the company had on the community, which is why the 2,800-square-foot Sheaffer Pen Museum was opened in Fort Madison last year. The museum houses hundreds of pens, paperweights and memorabilia associated with the history of the company.
“There were many people employed here, and they are no longer,” Williams said. “Sheaffer wants to give back to the community a feeling and understanding that we know the history.”
Fort Madison resident Dick Canella worked for Sheaffer Pen for 39 years and served as vice president of operations until his retirement in 1985. He also helps run the museum.
Canella said that when he retired, Sheaffer had 1,200 employees in Fort Madison and 1,500 employees overseas.
“We were one of the first companies in the United States to have a profit-sharing plan,” he said.
The company has 100-year celebrations taking place this year across the globe, including Germany and Thailand, Williams said.
A courtroom scene of the Borden murder trial that appeared on the cover of ‘Frank Leslie’s Illustrated’ newspaper dated June 29, 1893. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The Fall River Historical Society has been given an antique teapot with a direct tie to Lizzie Borden.
Curator Michael Martins says the tiny teapot was a present from Borden to her hired companion, Gertrude May Russell.
The teapot was donated by Russell’s granddaughter, a member of the society who lives in Maine and wants to remain anonymous. The teapot, at least a century old, came complete with an intact ceramic infuser.
Martins tells The Herald News that the artifact comes with a solid paper trail that confirms its authenticity.
Russell, known as “Trudy,” worked for Borden from 1911 to 1913.
She was hired about 20 years after Borden was acquitted of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet.
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Information from: The (Fall River, Mass.) Herald News, www.heraldnews.com
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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE
A courtroom scene of the Borden murder trial that appeared on the cover of ‘Frank Leslie’s Illustrated’ newspaper dated June 29, 1893. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
