DALLAS – The great 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer created fewer than 40 paintings during his lifetime. One of them, Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is the star of an ensemble of music-related paintings from the prestigious Leiden Collection of New York, which will be shown at the Dallas Museum of Art. “Titled Vermeer Suite: Music in 17th-Century Dutch Painting,” the exhibition opens Jan. 17.
ATLANTA – An untitled watercolor on paper rendering of a young woman with a flower by the renowned Pakistani artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975) sold for $70,800 at Ahlers & Ogletree estates auction Jan. 2-3.
NEW YORK – Every 10 years, the United States hosts an event in which people from around the world gather to honor the postage stamp. This year’s eight-day celebration, titled World Stamp Show-NY 2016, will run from May 28 to June 4 at the Javits Center, 655 W. 34th St.
WINDERMERE, Fla. – Soon after he won the Masters and $1.4 million in 2012, golfing savant Bubba Watson celebrated by purchasing the Florida home that was the scene of Tiger Wood’s much publicized car accident. After the crash, Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren divorced him, and the once-invincible golfer’s career began to crumble.
Though Watson’s purchase of the home was not publicized, he later told Golf.com in an interview that he liked the security of the gated community for his family and found it to be the best choice out of all the homes they had looked at.
Woods had purchased the home in 2000 for $2.475 million. At the time, it had eight bedrooms, nine baths and measured 6,800 square feet. In 2012 it appraised at $2.2 million, although the price Watson paid to purchase it was not disclosed. In need of updates, the Watsons set about redesigning and expanding the size of the home. Bubba said that all but five percent of the house underwent a complete redesign before his family moved in.
The living space has been increased to 7,940 square feet and boasts seven bedrooms, nine baths, a gourmet kitchen, state-of-the-art media/game room and separate guest house, all with views over Lake Isleworth. Well located for the sports enthusiast, it is only a short walk to the development’s six Har-Tru clay courts, two paddle courts, driving range and clubhouse. Former Tiger Wood’s Windermere, Florida home, now redesigned and enlarged by Bubba Watson, is priced at $5.6 million.
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WALWORTH, Wis. – Celebrating its quarter-century anniversary, the annual Mecum MidAmerica Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction achieved an astounding $9,054,965 in total sales and an 80-percent sell-through rate. In all, 516 motorcycles hammered sold of the 646 offered Jan. 7-9.
MIAMI (AP) – The Frost Museum of Science has run out of cash to finish construction of its new downtown Miami home, less than a year before its scheduled opening.
DETROIT – The Detroit Institute of Arts is the Michigan host site for a national traveling exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio, one of the world’s most treasured books. It will be on display at the museum from March 7 to April 3.