Fine Art Auction of Nazi Looted Art Reaps a Huge Windfall for Heirs
11/08/2006 – A fine art auction in New York of Nazi looted art reaps a huge result for Christie’s Auction House. Featured in this fine art auction were works by Klimt,…
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Italians May Have Migrated to Venice to Flee the Barbarians
ITALY – 11/08/2008 – University of Padua researcher Paolo Mozzi asserts that satellite imagery of the area around modern Altino may reveal an old settlement from which the ancestors of Venice…
Jackson Pollock Painting Sets New Auction Record
11/04/2006 – Wonder of wonders, a Jackson Pollock painting, if rumors are true, has just been sold to an art collector for a whopping $140 million, breaking records for the highest…
Ancient Pyramid Found in Sudan
SUDAN – 10/25/2008 – British archaeologists have recently found an ancient ruined pyramid in Sudan once populated by the powerful Kushite civilization. The Sudanese government plans to flood the Meroë area…
Marble Bust Sculpture of Aristotle Found in Athens
In clearing away debris to build the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, excavators discovered a 2300-year-old marble bust sculpture of famous Greek philosopher Aristotle. This marble bust sculpture of Aristotle of…
Art Controversy: Getty Changes Its Acquisition Policy
10/26/2006 – In a recent art controversy with Italian authorities, the J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return disputed antiquities. This art controversy has caused the Getty to change its…
Botticelli Madonna and Child Painting Sold at Auction for $7.5 Million
Why am I bothered that a Botticelli Madonna and Child painting recently sold at auction for $7.5 million? That seems like a hefty price tag not just for a Botticelli Madonna…
Stolen Art in Manhattan | Kingsland Art Hoard
NEW YORK – Following the death of a man named William Kingsland of New York City in 2006, New York Public Administrator Ethel Griffin was left with a dilemma – what…
Easter Island Moia May Have Unwanted Family
RAPA NUI, 01/10/2007 – Easter Island’s moai, the gigantic monolithic statues which stand like great sentinels, today total less than 50. Those 50, however, may soon be joined by many others.…
Stolen and Looted Art of the Nazis Now Databased for Researchers
There is a new online catalog/database available of stolen and looted art works and other items of value confiscated from 1938 to 1945 by the Nazis in Austria. Survivors and families…