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Not-So-Easy Riders in Antique Motorcycle Cannonball Run, 9/11 Exhibition at NY Historical Society, and More Fresh News

1916 Harley-Davidson 1,000 cc HT. Photo by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license
1916 Harley-Davidson 1,000 cc HT. Photo by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • It’s not unusual for bikers to set out on cross-country rides, but the ambitious coast-to-coast run starting this weekend is exclusively for riders on bikes that are at least 100 years old. [Read more from MotorcycleCannonball.com]

  • The New-York Historical Society will observe the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies with a special exhibition titled ‘World Trade Center Four Decades: Photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara.’ [Read more from the New-York Historical Society]

  • To gain an up-close perspective on what inspired the Hudson River school artists, why not take a leaf-peeping trip to the Catskill Mountains, across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and up to the homes of painters Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church? They’re currently open to the public. [Read more from the Associated Press]
  • It’s groovy, baby! A totally shagadelic Massachusetts pad that hasn’t changed since the 1970s has hit the real estate market. It still has all of its original furnishings, including– wait for it – the most desirable of options: an 8-track player built into the wall. [Read more from Good Morning America / Yahoo News]

 

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