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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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 | Oilman's heirs fight MFA, Houston over $500 million estate
Bloomberg - November 3rd, 2009 18:05
Alfred C. Glassell Jr., founder of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., intended to leave about half of his $500 million estate to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and his will should be honored, a lawyer for the museum said. Curry Glassell, the oilman’s 52-year-old daughter, is fighting to keep that fortune through a probate battle that went to trial in Houston yesterday. She contends the museum and its lawyers pressured her father to change his will and leave the bulk of his ...Read more | |
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 | Obama enlists famous names for arts committee
Boston Globe 2 - November 3rd, 2009 16:53
The White House has enticed "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker, Edward Norton, and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives. The 25 new members of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities also includes famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, "Vogue" magazine editor Anna Wintour and Old Masters painting collector Teresa Heinz, the Boston philanthropist and wife of U.S. Sen. John Kerry.Read more | |
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 | Peter Brant's pricey "Puppy" maintenance and alimony
Connecticut Post - November 3rd, 2009 18:15
"Puppy," a supersized sculpture by Jeff Koons, adorns the 53-acre Greenwich, Conn., estate of the Magazine Antiques owner Peter Brant. He pays maintenance of the sculpture of between $75,000 and $100,000 a year. Such are the sordid details emerging from the divorce case of Brant and his wife, former Victoria's Secret model Stephanie Seymour, who stands to get $270,000/mo. in alimony and child support, slightly more than the $216,000/mo. already going to the Brant Foundation, ...Read more | |
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 | Anglo-Saxon hoard on show in London as another trove found
Reuters - November 3rd, 2009 14:19
The most important treasure trove found in Britain for decades went on display in London on Tuesday, the same day that another discovery valued at a million pounds ($1.6 million) was reported found in Scotland. Four Iron Age gold neckbands were discovered in a Scottish field, just as the British Museum saw long lines form to view pieces of gold and silver from last July's headlining discovery. "Like all great treasure stories, it's already got its heroes, its myths, its ...Read more | |
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 | GUYETTE & SCHMIDT, INC.’S 23rd ANNUAL FALL DECOY AUCTION
Release Date: 04 November 2009
Guyette and Schmidt, Inc. will hold their 23rd annual fall decoy auction on November 11 & 12, 2009. There will be a preview each morning before the auction as well as an additional preview on Tuesday November 10th from 6 – 8 pm. The sale, which has a projected gross of 1.7 ...Read more | |
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