Word: galliera
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Paris' Palais Galliera last week, Daumier earned back the 12 francs, with interest, as the largest group of his works ever put up for auction went on the block. The 338 sculptures, drawings and lithographs were only a fraction of the collection of a French banker and founder of breweries through out North Africa named René Gaston-Dreyfus, 80, who began buying Daumiers before World...
...Reader Gable's list is partially correct. There is a fourth granddaughter still living, Princess Beatrice, daughter of Victoria's second son Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who is married to Don Alfonso, Infante of Spain and Duke of Galliera, and lives in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain...
...auction houses as possible throughout the world. The first issue shows that about the only bearish thing on the market during the past two months has been armor. At Christie's in London, a recent sale of 358 items brought in less than $34,000; at the Palais Galliera in Paris, on the other hand, someone paid $48,000 for a small Louis XVI table. In the past year, the prices of Flemish, French and Italian Renaissance tapestries have doubled; in the past two years, the price of French 18th century furniture has quadrupled. And for the housewife...
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