News and updates from around the arts and auction community:
- Ever heard of mixing drinks with antiques? Chris Petersons, a business owner in Shelburne, Ontario, will open an antiques store on Jan. 1, followed by a tavern in March, at the same location: a former church. [Read more from Orangeville Banner]
- A controversial decision in a Munich court paves the way for a collection of art, including works stolen by the Nazis, to be transferred to a Swiss museum. The court ruled that a German man was of sound mind when he bequeathed his father’s tainted trove of art to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern. [Read more from The New York Times]
- Here’s an unusual hobby: Veteran radio announcer Bobby Ellerbee owns a collection of 15 restored vintage television cameras. They’re displayed in his family room and ready to roll in case anyone calls out, “Action!” [Read more from Magic 949]
- A Michigan auction company is going to be selling a gun that reportedly belonged to gangster Al Capone. Miedema Auctioneers will sell Capone’s Smith & Wesson .32-caliber revolver, which an underling allegedly stole from his golf bag in 1930. [Read more from WOOD TV8]
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