Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster, and among the few first-class passengers to perish. The pair, who were depicted in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning 1997 movie ...
While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings. ...
Together, the Beatles wrote some of the world’s most enduring love songs. John Lennon’s love letters, on the other hand, reveal a different, earthier type of poetry — and take a swipe at Paul McCartney for ...
A class action filed against Warren Buffett-owned jewelry chain Helzberg Diamonds alleges the website claims products are being offered at discounted prices for a limited time, when the sales and prices are actually fake. Helzberg, ...
“The Mediterranean Blue”, a fancy vivid blue diamond weighing 10.3 carats with an estimated value of $20 million, attracted an intense bidding battle. Bidding began at nine million Swiss francs ($10.8 million), with a fierce ...
Sotheby’s has postponed the controversial sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha after India’s government slammed the auction and called for the gems’ return. In a statement emailed ...
A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before it sank, has sold for £300,000 ($399,000) at auction. In the note, written to the seller’s great-uncle on ...
A vast coin collection, much of which was buried underground for more than 50 years, is expected to fetch in excess of $100 million at auction, according to experts. The Traveller Collection, thought to be the ...
A painting by British artist George Stubbs is expected to sell for up to £2 million ($2.5 million) in London next week, as it comes to auction for the first time in more than 50 ...
An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old cabinet ...
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