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Original Titanic launch ticket will be offered by Bonhams on April 15, 2012. The estimate is $50,000-70,000.

Titanic Auctions Mark Disaster's 100th Anniversary
ABC News - April 11th, 2012 19:07

One hundred years ago, on April 14, the supposedly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic, resulting in one of the world's worst sea disasters. Auctions commemorating the tragedy this week offer up a poignant array of artifacts related to the ship.

Lucinda Carpenter, Tweeter and Abigail Forrester, 1841, cut paper silhouette, Auguste Edouart, born Dunquerque, France 1789, died Guines, France 1861, Museum purchase 2010.124.2

Things Still Treasured: Traditional Decorative Forms in the Permanent Collection
Release Date: 10 April 2012
The Things Still Treasured Traditional Decorative Forms in the Permanent Collection exhibition is now open and will be on display through Sunday, August 19, 2012 in the Yarbrough Gallery. The Columbus Museum’s American art and regional history collections include thousands of historical ...

THE AMERICAN CONTEXT: A NEW LOOK AT QUILTS ✦ LUKE HAYNES
Release Date: 10 April 2012
Luke Haynes creates scenes, images, portraits and environments out of fabric and thread. Drawing from a tradition of meditative American portraiture, with influences ranging from Chuck Close to Kehinde Wiley, Haynes depicts the images with which we find comfort, constructed within the traditional ...

42.38-carat Diamond Necklace - realized $74,025

COWAN'S AUCTIONS INC., TOPS HALF A MILLION IN INAUGURAL JEWELRY AUCTION
Release Date: 09 April 2012
Cowan's Auctions, Inc. inaugural Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Auction realized $560,000 in sales on March 29. The 300-lot sale, held at Cowan’s Auctions salesroom, featured a collection of signed and unsigned jewelry, timepieces, handbags and other couture. The highest selling lot in the sale ...

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	Fine Art, Midcentury & Antiques Estate Auction April 15, 2012 Clarke Auction Larchmont, New York Read more

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	SOFA NEW YORK PRESENTS THOUGHT-PROVOKING MASTERWORKS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE Release Date: 11 April 2012 When the 15th edition of the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA NEW YORK) opens on Friday, April 20 at the Park Avenue Armory, it will do what it has always had done best—spur visitors to wrestle with the topic: What is art? As always, attendees will be drawn to a thrilling ... Read more

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