Word: burgonet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...monumental hoard of art and knickknacks collected by the late William Randolph Hearst is going under the auctioneer's hammer. The latest group, some 300 pieces of old arms and armor, sold in Manhattan last week for a total of $40,810. The sale included a 16th century burgonet (helmet with cheek-pieces), the highest priced item, which went to a private collector for $3,200, and a 1560 wheel-lock Italian arquebus which the Metropolitan Museum of Art bought...
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