The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

The Louvre and Met Exhibition: A Comparative Look at Oriental Antiquities

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Updated now “The exhibition travels from Iran to Mesopotamia and presents the works of the Louvre in a different way, […] that we will better understand thanks to the works at the Met,” Ariane Thomas, French curator of the exhibition, told AFP. Netfalls / stock.adobe.com The … Read more

Uncovering the True Value of a Mysterious Heirloom: The Unexpected Story of the ‘Mai Toothpick’

Uncovering the True Value of a Mysterious Heirloom: The Unexpected Story of the ‘Mai Toothpick’

Young man brings “Mai Toothpick” heirloom to appraise the price. Experts say it’s very expensive, but it’s not actually used to poke your teeth. I know where to use it. I’m embarrassed. List of treasures and antiques assessments Very popular in China and has become a motivator for people in today’s era Search for collectibles … Read more

Picasso’s ‘Woman with Watch’ Painting Tours World Before $120 Million Auction

Picasso’s ‘Woman with Watch’ Painting Tours World Before $120 Million Auction

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 2 hours ago, Updated now ” data-script=” > The painting, for which Sotheby’s expects $120 million, is one of the key works in the dispersal of the collection of Emily Fisher Landau, who died in March. Woman with watch, painted in 1932 by Pablo Picasso, was exhibited Monday in … Read more

Rare Picasso Masterpiece, ‘Woman with Watch,’ Expected to Fetch $120 Million at Auction

Rare Picasso Masterpiece, ‘Woman with Watch,’ Expected to Fetch $120 Million at Auction

This painting, offered at auction next November, belongs to the wealthy New Yorker Emily Fisher Landau, who died this year at the age of 102. One of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, “Woman with watch» (1932), representing one of the Spanish artist’s companions and muses, the French painter Marie-Thérèse Walter, could sell for $120 million at auction … Read more

Daring Theft of Rare Celtic Gold Coins from Bavarian Museum: Four Germans Arrested

Daring Theft of Rare Celtic Gold Coins from Bavarian Museum: Four Germans Arrested

Four Germans were arrested in connection with the daring theft of a rare batch of coins from oror Celts from a Bavarian museum in November 2022, some of which were likely melted down, authorities said July 20. The men, between the ages of 42 and 50 and with long suspected burglary records, were arrested the … Read more

New career choice for Chinese “Generation Z”: collectors of second-hand goods_China.org.cn

When it gets dark, the antiques market in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou comes alive. The stallholders spread a square cloth on the floor and put old furniture, old radios, Ming Dynasty or Qing Dynasty tableware, antiques, paintings, calligraphy, etc. for sale. Wu Kaisi was born in 1995 and studied law at university. After … Read more

“The looted art puzzle”: Kathrin Kleibl in search of justice | NDR.de – culture – film

Status: 07.05.2022 1:51 p.m Countless Jewish families who were driven into exile by the Nazis had all their belongings stolen. The film “The Looted Art Puzzle” tells the story of those affected and sheds light on who benefited from it. by Silke Lahmann-Lammert Lotte Koch can save her life. The doctor’s widow from Wiesbaden fled … Read more

Taliban bans export of dollars from Afghanistan

Taliban banned dollars from Afghanistan – – The Taliban promised to confiscate dollars and antiques when they try to import or export them from the country, as well as punish violators. The export of dollars and antiques was banned from Afghanistan. This is stated in the appeal of the Taliban movement, published on behalf of … Read more

A painting by Churchill, who adorned Aristotle Onassis’ yacht, up for auction in New York

Entitled The Moat, Breccles, the oil painting auctioned on June 23, in a sale orchestrated by the auction house Phillips, is estimated between 1.5 and 2 million dollars. One of the great statesmen of the 20th century, a star of the jet set, and the first “super-yacht” in history: the auction house Phillips to auction … Read more