Julien’s to auction property from estate of Burt Reynolds, June 15-16

Cover of Julien’s catalog for the auction of property from the estate of Burt Reynolds. Image courtesy of Julien’s

LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions, the world-record-breaking auction house, has announced its highly anticipated event Property from the Estate of Burt Reynolds to take place on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16, 2019 at The Standard Oil Building in Beverly Hills and live online through LiveAuctioneers. This special two-day event offers some of the most iconic and personal items of Hollywood legend, Burt Reynolds, the Emmy and Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated actor who was Hollywood’s top-grossing star in the late 70s-early 80s.

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Cherokee tribal writing inside Alabama cave finally decoded

An example of the Cherokee written language appears on the Great Seal of the Cherokee Nation. Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) – Archaeologists and Cherokee scholars have collaborated to interpret tribal inscriptions written in an Alabama cave.

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Venice: a city masked in festive tradition

Joker mask, papier-mache, 7 x 9 inches. Images courtesy of Ca’Macana Venezia, www.camacana.com

NEW YORK – Venice, Italy a cluster of isles on the Adriatic Sea, is traditionally known as La Serenissima, The Most Serene. Every year, however, during the Carnival of Venice, she sheds her inhibitions.

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