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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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 | Who Owns Disaster Relics?: Storm brewing over Titanic
Luxist - October 27th, 2009 18:04
An ongoing legal battle over ownership of the remnants of the Titanic ocean liner is currently heating up. Thousands of items have been recovered from the ship which went down in the north Atlantic in 1912 killing 1,522 people. The company RMS Titanic (RMST) wants to be named the legal owner of the 5,900 salvaged artifacts that it has recovered on dives to date, so that they can sell the collection to a museum, or be paid a $225 million salvage reward.Read more | |
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 | No Money Back Guarantee: Beijing woman loses suit against art dealer
Law.com - October 27th, 2009 16:45
A woman who worked in art galleries in Beijing and relied on an art dealer's valuation of a painting by contemporary artist Julian Schnabel cannot recoup the $290,000 she paid for the work, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Najung Seung claimed she was misled by art dealer Mary Dinaburg into believing the Schnabel painting, "Chinkzee," was worth at least $500,000 in order to entice her to buy it. Seung paid up, but later learned that the painting had been sold at auction for $156,000 ...Read more | |
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 | "It Don't Look Like Much": Possible Picasso sold for two bucks
NY Daily News - October 27th, 2009 17:13
A Louisiana woman sold a painting for a mere $2 at a garage sale -- and then learned it could be an original Picasso, according to ABC News. Edith Parker, of Shreveport, was shocked to learn the painting may be worth millions of dollars. Parker lives in a trailer park. ""I kept looking at this picture and said, 'Well it don't look like much,' " said Parker, who was helping to sell her neighbor's estate. She never realized the ...Read more | |
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 | "Who Shot Rock & Roll" at Brooklyn Museum: Photographers who shaped the legends
The Brooklyn Paper - October 27th, 2009 23:41
Brooklyn Museum’s massive new fall show, “Who Shot Rock & Roll,” is a sprawling and captivating look at the last 60 years of American popular music as seen through the lens — or, more accurately, the lenses — of some of the world’s greatest photographers. An entire section devoted to “performance” helps capture the essence of a rock and roll show through iconic photos of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar, the Ramones surrounded by teenage boys ...Read more | |
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 | New eMuseum feeds history hunger and antiques appetites
Release Date: 27 October 2009
The history-hungry and antiques aficionados can now browse online the collections of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The collections database with images, descriptions and object histories is now available through eMuseum on Colonial Williamsburg’s Web site. “The eMuseum ...Read more | |
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