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Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.

May 15, 2025STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

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Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

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Sotheby’s Postpones Auction of Buddhist Relics That India Tried to Block

May 6, 2025May 7, 2025Ali WatkinsComments Off on Sotheby’s Postpones Auction of Buddhist Relics That India Tried to Block

Jewels and holy relics were set to be auctioned by the family of a colonial-era English explorer. The Indian government said the collection wasn’t theirs to sell.

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Private Island Comes on the Market in Italy

March 22, 2025March 22, 2025NEIL MacFARQUHARComments Off on Private Island Comes on the Market in Italy

The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more communal alternative.

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The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh

May 29, 2023May 30, 2023NYT > World NewsComments Off on The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh

After a painting by the Dutch artist sold at auction, a movie producer claimed to be the owner. It later vanished from sight, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.

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Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost a Bronzino and Her Life

November 22, 2022COLIN MOYNIHANComments Off on Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost a Bronzino and Her Life

A portrait by Bronzino that Ilse Hesselberger once owned is coming up for sale, a reminder of the brutality, and twists of fate, that Jews confronted in the Nazi era.

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A Mural Celebrating Tipu Sultan Sold at Auction. His Legacy Is Contested.

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022MIKE IVESComments Off on A Mural Celebrating Tipu Sultan Sold at Auction. His Legacy Is Contested.

The battle scene depicts a victory over British troops by an 18th-century Muslim, a man India’s current government would prefer was forgotten.

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A Lost Brontë Library Surfaces

May 25, 2021Jennifer SchuesslerComments Off on A Lost Brontë Library Surfaces

A trove of manuscripts acquired from the Brontë family in the 19th century, all but unseen for the past century, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s.

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Sotheby’s Reports $2.5 Billion in Sales

August 3, 2020August 5, 2020Scott ReyburnComments Off on Sotheby’s Reports $2.5 Billion in Sales

The auction house says that figure reflects a “resilient” market amid the coronavirus. But it represents a 25 percent decrease in auction sales, analysts say.

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Senate Report: Opaque Art Market Helped Oligarchs Evade Sanctions

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020Graham BowleyComments Off on Senate Report: Opaque Art Market Helped Oligarchs Evade Sanctions

Congressional investigators said companies tied to two Russians under sanctions were able to buy art using shell companies and an intermediary.

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