Sporting LifeDavid Bridgwater is hopeful of a big run from Runshan despite the likely wet conditions in the totesuper7 Southern National Handicap Chase at Fontwell on Sunday. The Stow-on-the-Wold trainer has booked Jamie Moore for the first time to partner the 10-year-old, who runs off bottom weight and is fresh from an easy win over the distance...
The Daily TelegraphFirework parties are out of control, warns Robin Page Bonfires threaten hedgehogs just as they are getting settled for hibernation Photo: CLARA MOLDEN I am worried. I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but last weekend... what a fiasco. How I hate November 5. First of all, I dislike the idea of the entire nation being urged to burn effigies of one of my historical...
London Evening StandardA cup of tea wouldn't be the first thing on most people's minds after selling a vase that had sat on a shelf for decades for £53 million. But that is exactly what the owners of this particular piece of pottery did after the gavel went down at one of the most extraordinary sales in recent memory. The sellers a brother and sister had just seen their 18th-century piece...
CNNLondon, England (CNN) -- A Chinese vase found during a house clearout in London has sold at auction for what is believed to be a world record £43 million ($68 million). The elaborately decorated 16 inch (40 cm) ceramic vase, which dates from the mid-18th century Qianlong period,...
The StateI remember having drinks one night with an ambitious young producer who was still trying to find his place in the industry. But he already knew his role model - Dino De Laurentiis. And why? "Because regardless of whether the movies were good or bad," the young producer said admiringly, "he kept getting them made. He's a guy who knows how to get things done." De Laurentiis, who...
Star TribuneLONDON - A Chinese vase that sat, little-noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling artmarket shows no signs of cooling down. The 18th-century porcelain vase, sold by a family clearing out a deceased relative's house, went to a Chinese buyer for 51.6 million pounds ($83 million) — more than...
NewsvineLONDON — A Chinese vase that sat, little-noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling artmarket shows no signs of cooling down. The 18th-century porcelain vase, sold by a family clearing out a deceased relative's house, went to a Chinese buyer for 51.6 million pounds ($83 million) — more...
CanoeBy REUTERS Chinese vase fetches record price LONDON - A Chinese vase discovered during a routine house clearance in a London suburb sold for 43 million pounds ($69 million) on Thursday, 40 times its estimate and an auction record for any work of art from Asia, the auctioneer that sold it said. Its a world record for a piece of Asian art, Helen Porter of...
PR Newswire Rare Gold Coin Contains 68 Cartier Diamonds, Over 2 lbs. of Solid Gold One of the largest, most valuable coins in the world available for one weekend...
Yahoo Daily NewsLONDON (AFP) – An 18th-century Chinese vase discovered in the clearance of a modest London house fetched a staggering 43 million pounds, an auction record for Chinese art. The 40-centimetre Qianlong porcelain vase is understood to have been bought by a private buyer from China in the sale Thursday at a small London auction house. The item has made the brother and sister...
m&c;Rome - Four years later, Pope Benedict XVI says he regrets the controversy caused by remarks in a speech about Islam, although he still would not retract them, an Italiannewspaper reported Friday. The daily Il Foglio cited Germanjournalist and writer Peter Seewald in describing how...
CBCPeter Bainbridge displays the catalogue showing the 18th-century porcelain vase his firm auctioned. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)An 18th-century imperial Chinese vase, discovered while cleaning out an inherited bungalow, has fetched a record-setting $84 million at an auction in London. A host of Chinese bidders vaulted the price...
Al JazeeraThe road to Hajj in the Land of the Rising Sun begins with the little known fact that there are ethnicJapanese Muslims. Everyday the call to prayer is made in different corners of the predominantly Buddhist country - unobtrusively within the confines of its 50 or so mosques and approximately 100 musollas or communal prayer rooms. Twenty-six-year-old Kubo-san prays at...
Wall Street JournalBy LEOS ROUSEK PRAGUE—On Monday, a team of Danishscientists will open the final resting place of medieval astronomer Tycho Brahe, who has been buried for more than 400 years in the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn overlooking Prague's Old Town Square. This will be the second exhumation of Brache's remains. During the first carried out in 1901, at the time...
The StateROME - Four years later, Pope Benedict XVI says he regrets the controversy caused by remarks about Islam in a speech, although he still would not retract them, an Italiannewspaper reported Friday. The daily Il Foglio cited Germanjournalist and writer Peter Seewald in describing how the pope now looks back on his September 12, 2006...
Boston HeraldCLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER: B+ There’s more than sex, a lot more, in “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.” Spitzer was the New York governor whose spectacular fall from grace in a prostitutionscandal merits comparison with the Greek myth of...
Star TribuneLONDON - It was just an old Chinese vase that had been tucked away unnoticed for years when the woman found it while clearing out her late sister's modest suburban London home. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban auction house, it sold for a record $83 million Thursday, scooped up by a...
CBCHot young Ethiopian-American author Dinaw Mengestu has just published his second novel, How to Read the Air. (David Burnett/Penguin Group) Dinaw Mengestu writes in the grand tradition of the American novel, but as his name suggests, he’s not your average American novelist. The Ethiopian-born, U.S.-raised writer brings a fresh spin to old tropes by virtue of his immigrant...
DNA IndiaAn 18th centuryChinese vase smashed a world record after fetching a whopping£51 million in a provincial British auction house. The 18th- century Chinese antique was discovered during a routine clear-out of a...
The StarDrop by the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia now and catch a glimpse of the splendour of the Mughal courts. The Taj Majal, inlaid with precious stones and one of the famous Mughal monuments, was built by Shah Jahan (1628âEuro"1657), the grandson of Akbar the Great, marking one of the great achievements in the arts," remarked Lucien de Guise, head of the Curatorial Affairs...
The Daily MailHe kept it rather precariously on top of a bookcase in the living room – an elegant Chinese vase with a fish motif on the front and gold banding that glistened occasionally in the sunlight. One nudge could have sent it crashing to the ground at any time over the last several decades. But it wouldn’t have been a disaster. The ornate porcelain ornament would have been...
The HinduCHENNAI: Mr. M.A.M.R. Muthiah's Moon Emperor (Rajendra Singh up) won the Ettukudi Plate (1,000m), the main event of the races here on Friday (Nov. 12). R. Foley trains the winner. 1. SAPTHAGIRI PLATE (Div.I), (1,000m), maiden 2-y-o only : Royal Duchess (Prem) 1, Precious Forever (M. Venkatesh) 2, Royal Commander (Ross) 3 & Desert King (Rajendra Singh) 4. Not run: Flying...
The Daily TelegraphThe UK's only pair of polar bears were today introduced for the first time. Image 1 of 2 Mercedes, left, meets her new companion, Walker, a 23 month old polar bear from Holland's Rhenen Zoo Photo: REUTERS Image 1 of 2 Walker dries off after a swim in his new home Photo: GETTY...
The Times of IndiaHumayun the ‘fortunate’ was unlucky in the early phase of his life. The second son of the founder of the Mughal Empire lost his kingdom just as his father had lost his fiefdom in Fergana. He spent 15 years in exile in Afghanistan. But eventually with the help of powerful Persian friends, Humayun regained an even bigger empire. So, by the end of his life Humayun was lording over...
The ExaminerNow having covered the court cards and the numbered cards, let us delve into the major arcana cards. This will be a three part series covering seven of the major arcana in each part. Each of the major arcana cards will be covering the spiritual aspects and their interpretation. Beginning with the Fool card, it is numbered with a zero and generally depicts a young man with a...
BBC NewsThe vase is thought to have left China about 150 years ago Continue reading the main story Related stories Vase fetches £105,000 at auction Vase sells for 100 times estimate A vase found in a house clearance in London has been sold for £43m, thought to be a record for any Chinese artwork. The 18th Century Qianlong porcelain piece, found in Pinner, had been estimated to fetch...
USA TodayUpdated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP Auctioneer Peter Bainbridge holds up the Bainbridges auction catalogue showing the Chinese vase that he auctioned Thursday in London. LONDON (AP) — It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted...
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteLONDON -- As treasure-in-the attic stories go, the 18th-century Chinese vase sold Thursday night at a suburban auction house in outer London will be hard to beat. The delicate, decorative 16-inch vase started at a not-inconsequential $800,000, but after a half-hour of unexpectedly spirited bidding, the gavel fell at $69.5 million. It was the highest price ever paid at auction...
Seattle TimesLONDON - As treasure-in-the-attic stories go, the 18th-century Chinese vase sold at a suburban London auction house Thursday will be hard to beat. The 16-inch vase started at $800,000, but after a half-hour of unexpectedly spirited bidding, the gavel fell at about $69.3 million. It was the highest price ever paid at auction for a Chinese antiquity....
