They may have slipped up on the business front by sparking the worst Wall Street crisis since the Great Depression. But top executives at the defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers had a skilled eye for art, amassing an impressive collection of contemporary works by the likes of Roy LichtensteinRoy...
British paintings from the collection of film director Richard Attenborough fetched 4.6 million pounds ($ 7.7 million) at an auction on Wednesday. This was more than what they expected at around 1.9 to 2.9 million pounds. The 50 paintings, including one Attenborough sold to help his Oscar-winning film “Gandhi” and which he bought back ...
A member of the British Parliament said a new law paves the way for
the return of pieces of art stolen from their rightful owners during
World War II.
Member of Parliament Andrew Dismore said the Holocaust (Stolen Art)
Restitution Act allows national museums and galleries in Britain and
Scotland to return those works of art stolen by ...
The number of US bank failures this year has topped
more than 100 after US federal regulators shut down a trio of small
Florida banks.
Bank failures have cost the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) fund that insures deposits an estimated
$25bn this year.
More US banks have now failed this year than in any year since 1992.
The ...
After 100 years of being passed down from generation to generation, Nedra Atwell of Bowling Green knew what to do with the family dining buffet. She donated it to the Kentucky Library and Museum at Western Kentucky University.“Our family has been in Kentucky since (it) was Kentucky,” she said, adding that one of
Even in these trying financial times, you're not going to see many going-out-of-business sales like this one. On Sunday, hundreds of works from the art collection of failed banking giant Lehman Brothers will go on the auction block at Freeman's...
Is this striking image by Chester Arnold simply art, or some deeper message of foreboding? The painting is the last artwork purchased by Lehman Brothers last year before it filed for bankruptcy. Tomorrow it will go on sale in Philadelphia along with...
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Our phones have been ringing off the hook," she said. "The pieces are interesting, in great condition and appeal to all kinds of collectors." The group is largely comprised of American artists from the 1930s to the present. Some pieces were purchased...
They may have slipped up on the business front by sparking the worst Wall Street crisis since the Great Depression. But top executives at the defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers had a skilled eye for art, amassing an impressive collection of...
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 Everything must go! Associated Press Writer Text Size: tool goes here More than 200 pieces from the art collection of failed banking giant Lehman Brothers are going on the auction block in Philadelphia.
Lehman Bros. art auctioned off. Posted by. More than 200 pieces from the art collection of failed banking giant Lehman Brothers are going on the auction block in Philadelphia. Read the original: Everything must go! ...
Lehman Brothers Art Collection For Sale. On November 1st, Philadelphia auction house Freeman's is holding the first of two sales of nearly 700 pieces from Lehman Brothers' private art collection. ...
Lehman Brothers Art Collection For Sale. On November 1st, Philadelphia auction house Freeman's is holding the first of two sales of nearly 700 pieces from Lehman Brothers' private art collection. ...
Lehman Brothers Art Auction at Freeman's Auctioneers - WSJ.com. When Lehman Brothers, with its 158-year history as a pillar of finance, vaporized in a bankruptcy filing last year, one asset it left behind was its art collection. ...
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