Thieves Target European Libraries

Thieving library staff take a love of rare books too far World – Times Online November 24, 2006 “A mysterious gap in a dusty bookshelf gave the game away for a corrupt library worker who stole more than $1 million US of antique tomes from one of...

Roman Treasure in Amsterdam

Treasure of Rome unearthed near Amsterdam POST-TRIBUNE November 15, 2006 By ASSOCIATED PRESS “Dutch archeologists have discovered an estimated 200 silver Roman coins, several jewels, an armband and a ring hidden in a clay pot, the city overseeing the dig said....

Record Art Auction Season

Record art prices astonish New York dealers FT.com / World / US & Canada By Deborah Brewster in New York November 19 2006 “More than $1.3bn in works of art have been sold in the past two weeks during a record New York auction season that has...

Tom Thomson Auction Record

Tom Thomson painting sells at auction for close to $1M CBC.ca Arts Monday, November 20, 2006 “A Tom Thomson oil sketch of Ontario’s northern wilderness sold for $934,000 at auction in Toronto on Monday, well above the last record price for a Thomson...

Inverted Jenny – Fake or Real?

Expert doubts authenticity of rare stamp on ballot ContraCostaTimes.com Tue, Nov. 14, 2006 By Robert Noli SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL “FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The red and blue mystery stamp with the upside-down biplane made its public debut Monday. It...