Record Art Sale Hits $13.4 Million in London Auction
At the von Hirsch sale in London, West German museums bid to reclaim Nazi-looted treasures. The Thursday session total reached $13.4 million, a new single-session record, with two 12th century enamel pieces selling for $2 million and $2.22 million respectively. An anonymous buyer paid $1,159,200 for a 10th 11th century ivory relief and the British railway pension fund bought a 12th century English gilt altar candlestick.
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Municipal Court Fines Total $100 For 24 Year Old Man
In Municipal Court acting Judge Ames Combs Demeree J Woods fined a 24 year old man $50 for a noise charge and $50 for fictitious tags. Leonard A. Duncil forfeited bonds $100 on a careless driving charge. Several others faced fines or bonds for traffic offenses including unsafe driving and driving without a motorcycle endorsement.
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Record Prices at Sothebys Auction Stretch To 27.8 Million
The sale of Robert von Hirsch treasures neared $27.8 million as a German museum bought a 15th century beaker for $101,200 and a chess piece rose to $82,000. An unidentified buyer paid $202,400 for a 15th century Italian wood carving. Receipts reached $21.7 million with German collectors and French Impressionists still to come.
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Country singers decline TVA insulation appeal in Tennessee
Knoxville AP report says Loretta Lynn Tom T Hall Chet Atkins Mel Tillis Crystal Gayle Eddie Arnold and Archie Campbell refused TVA efforts to publicize a home insulation program. TVA spokesman said price and time constraints kept them from participating.
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Second black hole found shocks Park City conference
Princeton astronomer Ronald Polidan announced at a Park City conference the discovery of a second black hole, a collapsing dying star trapping light. The object, OAO 1653-40, was detected by the Copernicus satellite with team members Peter Sanford Nick White Glenn Pollard and Maureen Locke contributing from University College London and Appleton Laboratories.
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