NATO keeps pressure on Milosevic over Kosovo fronts
NATO held a 2½ hour meeting in Brussels deciding to keep more than 400 warplanes on alert and reserve the right to strike if needed. Serbia pulled police from Kosovo, prompting displaced residents to consider returning home as observers note reduced Serbian police presence.
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Picasso collection eyed at up to seventy million dollars
Paris buyers await the three day sale of Dora Maar’s Picasso trove the largest Picasso collection yet offered fetching high prices for drawings while paintings lag. About 60 percent of proceeds go to taxes with the rest to Maar’s heirs or estate.
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Archimedes Palimpsest Firmly Planned for Christie Sale
Christie's will auction the Archimedes Palimpsest this week despite Greek claims the 1000 year old parchment was stolen from Constantinople. The 174 page volume, likely to fetch 800000 to 1200000 dollars, resurfaces after disappearing in the 1920s. The Patriarchate of Jerusalem threatens suit if returned to the Athens National Library. Christie’s affirms the consignor’s legal right to sell.
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