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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, December 21, 2009
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 | Nelson-Atkins Museum opens new American Indian galleries
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - December 21st, 2009 04:46
New, 6,100 sq. ft. American Indian galleries have thrust Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum into the forefront of all museums that exhibit such art, not only because of the prime real estate and $8 million spent on architectural design. The galleries also are exceptional for the quality of the 205 works on display, several of them masterpieces of their genres, such as an Arikara buffalo rawhide shield from about 1850, with a buffalo bull staring out...Read more | |
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 | Rediscovered $10-million dollar map that changed view of the world
Bloomberg - December 21st, 2009 05:03
In 2001, the Library of Congress paid $10 million for a rare map made in 1507 by Martin Waldseemueller. What makes it so unusual? The map bestows the name America on the New World. Though Waldseemueller made 1,000 copies, all were lost until 1901 when a Jesuit teacher, Father Joseph Fischer, stumbled upon a copy stashed in an old portfolio in Germany. A new book by Toby Lester, “The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave ...Read more | |
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 | Alice in Wonderland book realizes $115,000
DNA - December 21st, 2009 04:34
A rare edition of Alice in Wonderland given to the real Alice has fetched $115,000 at an auction. Written by Lewis Carroll, the copy belonged to 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired the character of Alice. The seller was American football star and children's book collector Pat McInally whose collection went under the hammer at Profiles In History auction house in California.Read more | |
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 | Greenwich Antique Show offers booths of wonder
Greenwich Citizen - December 21st, 2009 04:05
More than 1,300 people strolled through a rich array of decorative arts recently at the 52nd annual Greenwich Antique Show. Westport, Connecticut, dealer George Subkoff displayed a fierce Penobscot Indian wooden ceremonial club that a customer was to claim for $4,800. Sales were 'good' with plenty of interesting objects on display, from 'tobacco leaf' Chinese export porcelain at Philip Suval to a 19th c. warthog skull on a William and Mary table at Keith Funston, Jr.Read more | |
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