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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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 | Global hunt on for Horace Walpole's lost treasures
Telegraph - December 28th, 2009 18:15
As the most avid collector of his day, Horace Walpole (d. 1797) spent more than 50 years amassing one of the world's greatest art collections. Housed at Strawberry Hill, Walpole's neo-gothic mansion in west London, the vast collection of 10,000 objets d'art and curiosities encompassed everything from paintings by Joshua Reynolds to a pair of gloves once owned by King James I. Now, the hunt is under way to track down thousands of lost items from the collection in the ...Read more | |
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 | Curator: One of the 50 best careers of 2010
US News and World Report - December 28th, 2009 18:04
Despite a high level of competition for positions, as well as low pay and job cuts due to the recession, in the coming decade, the number of museum curators is expected to rise by 23 percent, well above the average rate for all careers. Between 2008 and 2018, there will be 2,700 new positions added. The highest 10 percent of curators earned more than $83,000.Read more | |
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 | California's Claremont Museum shuttered, goes virtual
ABC News - December 29th, 2009 02:46
The Claremont Museum of Art has closed its doors. The museum, in a historic Southern California lemon packing house, was in the planning stages for 20 years, but it was only able to stay open for two years because of the recession. Modern artworks by artists such as Millard Sheets will go into storage and the museum's collection will be shown online for now.Read more | |
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 | Famous nickel may fetch $3 million
Numismaster - December 28th, 2009 17:47
Collectors will have the rare opportunity to ring in the New Year at the Florida United Numismatists convention with the Heritage auction featuring, among other rarities, one of the five known examples of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. This is a coin whose name packs lots of moxie, and has a punchy story, such as a 'guest star' appearance on TV's "Hawaii Five-O." Provenance includes an infamous Egyptian King and a Los Angeles sports team owner. The coin is expected to ...Read more | |
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