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Retablos, better known as “laminas” in Mexico, are devotional oil paintings created on small rectangles of tin, wood, or copper. They were typically created for home altars to venerate beloved…
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Russian Nesting Dolls, also called “Matryoshka” meaning “little matron,” have a surprising history. Not only are they a fairly recent Russian folk art tradition – created and popularized in the…
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– FYI, they did not originate with a Hallmark marketing scheme! Valentines started with The Feast of Saint Valentine, memorializing the execution of 2 early Christian martyrs of the same…
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Our advice might surprise you given that selling collectibles is routine at Treasured Estates . . . The ability to combine personal passions or hobbies with the potential growth of one’s…
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(CNN) A $14,000 jumble sale find turned into millions of dollars for a man who’d been thwarted in his attempts to turn a quick profit by selling the tiny ornament…
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“Reclining Nude,” the century-old painting by Amedeo Modigliani, sold for $170,405,000 at a Christie’s auction on Monday. There were five bidders for the work and the auction lasted nine minutes.…
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Secret doors may conceal the burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti, but tantalizing clues await further testing. By Peter Hessler, National Geographic PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 LUXOR, Egypt—Nearly a century after…
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South America’s Earliest Empire Photograph by Daniel Giannoni Images of winged, supernatural beings adorn a pair of heavy gold-and-silver ear ornaments that a high-ranking Wari woman wore to her grave…
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$3 Tag Sale Find Sells for $2.22M The Associated Press Mar 21, 2013, 1:16 AM A rare Chinese bowl bought at a tag sale for $3 has sold at a…
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In the February 2012 issue of National Geographic Magazine, a potential $100 Million Dollar Leonardo is sold for less than $25, 000. This amazing discovery illustrates many important points when…
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