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Hong Kong Preview of Sotheby's Jewel Sale | Luxury News from Luxury InsiderHong Kong Preview of Sotheby's Jewel Sale Published: 11/27/2009 2:54:00 PM Valued at USD12.9 million/HKD100 million, the selection of offerings at the Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels 9 December includes unique gems and the creations of master jewelers. Hong Kong gets a preview of this sale ...
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New World Record for Patek Philippe at Antiquorum Auction | Luxury News from Luxury InsiderNew World Record for Patek Philippe at Antiquorum Auction Published: 11/27/2009 12:34:00 AM At Antiquorum’s Geneva anniversary sale, Celebrating 35 Years of Making History in Time, a new record price was established for the Patek Philippe Calibre 89 pocket watch (pictured above). ...
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Chinese classic scroll painting sells for record $24 million | Lifestyle | ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - A rare, classical scroll by a Ming dynasty artist fetched $24.8 million at a Beijing sale, the highest price ever paid for a Chinese painting at auction, in a positive sign for the downturn-stricken Chinese art market. The painting, "Eighteen Arhats" by 16th century ...
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Rare Canadian 'king of pennies' up for auction in New YorkThis handout photo features the Canadian 1936 dot cent coin, which will go up for auction in New York City in January and could fetch as much as $250,000. The penny has a tiny dot on the reverse side, below the date, to distinguish it as a 1936 coin made in 1937.
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Iconic Canadian landscape fetches record $3 million at auctionAn iconic Lawren Harris landscape featuring a lonely tree stump on the shore of sun-drenched Lake Superior stole the show Thursday — as expected — at a major Canadian art auction in Toronto, selling for a record $3 million.
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Standing on his stepladder in proletarian garb, he was mistaken by most visitors for a workman doing a touch-up job. China ExpatQiu Zhijie likes the waterfall concept, but has about as much interest in producing classic Chinese art as Wolfgang Puck has in making grilled cheese sandwiches. For that matter, he and his seven compatriots, the stars of Breaking Forecast: 8 Key Figures of China's New Generation Artists, are ...
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Must See Movie Trailers–Coming to a Theater Near You! | A Distinctive WorldCan movies change the world? See the trailers of a few of the upcoming environmental pictures and you decide.
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box vox: Vintage Marbles PackagingVintage Marbles Packaging Not the popular children’s toy, they once were, but to continue with yesterday’s thought ...
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box vox: More MarblesMore Marbles ; In case you haven’t noticed, I like to follow a thread. Therefore: from a jar of marbles with manufactured meaning ...
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The much anticipated "Special Holiday Issue" of A Distinctive Style has arrived!Our Holiday issue is full of Inspiration from cancer surviors, to children with Down syndrome that have a valuable lesson for us all. “Gifts with a Legacy,” celebrities that are giving back, including Susan Sarandon, Fran Drescher, Ed Asner, Sting and Trudie, Allana Pratt and Oprah herself.
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