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NB! · Coming Up · Art · London
So, on 30 November Sotheby's in London will put up works by Konchalovsky, Goncharova, Roerich, Petrov-Vodkin and a dozen or so other significant names of Russian art
So, on 30 November Sotheby's in London will put up works by Konchalovsky, Goncharova, Roerich, Petrov-Vodkin and a dozen or so other significant names of Russian art. Last year the Russian Sale brought in 40 million dollars. This year, still greater takings are expected.
NB! · Art · Palaeontology · Nature
Steppe mammoth skull measuring about a metre sold for 269,000 euros
A couple of days ago this steppe mammoth skull was sold for €269,000. The price is impressive, but so are the dimensions: one metre ten by one metre twenty by one metre thirty
NB! · Archive · Art
Carel Fabritius's celebrated Goldfinch was sold on 27 February 1896 for 6,200 francs
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Nature · Humour
Louis XV's cat, General, is apparently unaware that the hare will not be getting up again
Louis XV's cat, General, is apparently unaware that the hare will not be getting up again. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
NB! · Archaeology · Museums
Skull of a young athlete crowned with a golden Olympic wreath, 1st century AD. Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
Skull of a young athlete crowned with a golden Olympic wreath, 1st century AD. Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos. In the athlete's mouth lay a silver coin for Charon, so that he might ferry the soul of the deceased across the Styx
NB! · Archaeology · Museums · Observations · Humour
How do you like these conventionally attractive Neanderthals from the Moesgaard Museum of History in Denmark?
How do you like these conventionally attractive Neanderthals from the Moesgaard Museum of History in Denmark? Do you fancy a look at their tools? I think that against such a backdrop, the hand axes from Drenthe, fifty thousand years old, look considerably more interesting than a mere heap of sharpened
NB! · Observations
The Administrator in Daylight
NB! · Archive · People · Pop Culture
At Home with Karl Lagerfeld, 1982
NB! · Books · Observations · Education
Taking My MBA in the Library
NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Pop Culture · Humour
If you happen to have thirty-five to forty million roubles lying about, you might consider acquiring the tiara of Pauline Bonaparte
If you happen to have thirty-five to forty million roubles lying about, you might consider acquiring the tiara of Pauline Bonaparte. My business is merely to suggest it
NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture
Monica Bellucci as one of Dracula's brides in Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film
Monica Bellucci in one of her first film roles: one of Dracula's brides in Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" of 1992. Beside her are Michaela Bercu and Florina Kendrick, whose names, if one is to be honest, I have never happened to hear