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...artist's signature, dating of the pigments or canvas used or even the instinctive (but subjective) opinion of academics who have extensively studied an artist's portfolio. A painting's provenance, or its history of ownership, is also important. Being able to trace a portrait back from owner to owner over the course of centuries is no small feat, and it often lends significant weight to a work's legitimacy...
...these underline the fact that art authentication is a high-stakes game. Da Vinci's portrait has been renamed La Bella Principessa, and its estimated value has been adjusted to about $160 million - a price tag that could result in an unimaginable profit for Peter Silverman, the painting's owner, who acquired it for about...
...Harvard Square’s most convenient alcohol providers is now under different management. C’est Bon, the convenience store located at 1432 Mass Ave, has been reacquired by former owner George Sarkis...
...current NFL owner is crazy enough to engage in the racially charged polemics that Limbaugh does, whether regarding voter turnout, affirmative action or whatever else the Republican Party's white wing - oops, my bad - right wing wants to attack politically. That's his job as a conservative talk-show host, and he does it really well - well enough to earn the dough needed to own a piece of an NFL franchise. The fact that he is a lawbreaking former drug addict whom the cops discovered copping OxyContin in Palm Beach after years of calling for illegal drug users...
...very idea, though, that the collection of NFL owners is some kind of football Kiwanis Club is crazy in the first place. Civic good? NFL owners have a dedicated interest in going wherever civic leaders are good enough to shower them with money. Remember the Irsays, who owned the Baltimore Colts? They slunk out of Baltimore in the middle of the night for the riches of Indianapolis. Now Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, is saying he couldn't even think of voting for Limbaugh. The man has his standards. And let's not forget former Cleveland Browns owner...