WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Leighton Galleries’ auction on Thursday, July 30, will highlight a fresh-to-the-market collection of three framed Ansel Adams photographs. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding for the 354-lot sale, which will begin at 5 p.m. Eastern.
LONDON – I’ve been given an ultimatum: no more books. We have nowhere left to store them. It’s a bit harsh, though. Charity stores and car boot sales see the Business Manager (Mrs P) often leaving with an armful. I, on the other hand, have to decline, however cheap they might be.Continue reading
BEIJING (AFP) – More than 30 ancient gold ornaments went on show in a Chinese museum this week after Paris quietly insisted a billionaire collector and France’s top antique dealer return them on the grounds they were stolen.Continue reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Letters pile up outside the vacant corner house on 10th Avenue North at 52nd Street South. Some are folded neatly into envelopes and sent through the Post Office to jam the mailbox to overflowing. Others are written on crinkled scrap paper, hand delivered and stuffed inside the front screen door.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Legendary mogul Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, a gigantic historic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in a financial dispute, will permanently stay in Oregon.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Some Poles liken the skyscraper to an elephant in lace underpants. A famous poet dubbed it “the nightmare of a drunken baker.” And one joke goes that it provides the best view of Warsaw because you can’t see the building from inside.Continue reading
DOUGLASS, Kan. – A monumental and gorgeous signed Daum Nancy French cameo art glass vase, 19 1/2 inches tall and with a winter scene, sold for $12,000 at a sale of the large and eclectic collection of Virginia and the late Dr. Jimmie Downing held July 11 by Woody Auction.Continue reading