2023Jasper52early 19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT KORAN ISLAMIC OTTOMAN TURKISH antique ILLUMINATEDSee Sold Price
2023Jasper52early 19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT KORAN ISLAMIC OTTOMAN TURKISH antique ILLUMINATEDSee Sold Price
Turkish president fined for ‘insulting’ Armenia peace statueANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay 10,000 Turkish Lira (US$4,000) in compensation to an artist for calling his sculpture – meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia – a “monstrosity.” Erdogan expressed his dislike in 2011 of Mehmet Aksoy’s giant Monument […]
Turkish president to change palace name, add religious connotationANKARA (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would soon re-name his controversial new presidential palace, adopting the name of the complexes surrounding imperial mosques. Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara that the Presidential Palace would, in the future, be known as the Presidential Kulliye and will contain a mosque, […]
Cyprus welcomes home icons stolen after Turkish invasionNICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) – Cyprus formally welcomed home from Germany on Tuesday scores of frescoes, mosaics and icons stolen from churches after the Turkish invasion in 1974 and returned after a long legal battle. The 173 Byzantine and post-Byzantine antiquities, which still show the damage caused when they were removed from around 50 Greek Orthodox […]
1929 Whippet roadster was the top Howard Meyer estate lot at Miller and MillerNEW HAMBURG, Canada – A 1929 Whippet Model 96A four-cylinder roadster roared away for CA$22,000 ($19,990 with buyer’s premium), a vintage Canadian porcelain sign for White Rose realized CA$15,000 ($18,450 with buyer’s premium), and vintage Schuco toys commanded high prices at Miller & Miller on March 1 and March 2. Complete results can be seen […]