Word: bust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cinderella question was whether the 26-in.-high polychromed bust of a young woman holding primroses was the handiwork of one of Italy's most famous Renaissance masters. Back in 1920, Art Dealer Edward Fowles had thought so when he purchased it in Rome for upward of $40,000. Considered to be the original for a marble in the Bargello museum, the bust was then attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio or possibly his pupil, Leonardo da Vinci, by the Bargello's director and the late connoisseur Wilhelm von Bode...
Forgotten History. The bust was next" sold through the fabulous Lord Duveen to a Philadelphia heiress, Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener, first wife of a surgeon and explorer, the late Dr. A. Hamilton Rice, for a resounding $200,000. But when the bust arrived at Parke-Bernet its history had been forgotten; it was billed as merely another plaster copy...
...bust had not escaped the Metropolitan's eye. Three times, Met Director James J. Rorimer dropped by Parke-Bernet to examine the piece with his hand lens. "We've been burned before, and I wanted to be sure," he explained, then with relish recounted his role: "I just kind of moseyed along, looking casually here and there. When I noticed a man near by watching me examine the statue, I quickly refocused on the tapestry behind...
...Michigan State: a 14-10 victory over Purdue, in a Rose-Bowl-or-bust battle between the last unbeaten teams still left in the once-mighty Big Ten. Purdue Quarterback Bob Griese passed for one touchdown and kicked a field goal, and the No. 2-ranked Spartans trailed 10-0 going into the final quarter. Then they marched 50 yds. for one TD, 60 yds. for another, won their sixth straight victory of the season. Notre Dame's only problem was containing Southern California's Mike Garrett, who had gained 170 yds. per game. Problem? Garrett got only...
...slugger in the Series, with three doubles, two homers, a .379 batting average and six RBI's. Twins' Leftfielder Bob Allison saved one game with a diving catch, won another with a two-run homer-and still insisted, "I was a bust," because he struck out nine times...