Word: piombo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Remo, Italy, Maria Piombo, 39, stalked up and down swank Empress Boulevard wearing a sandwich board which read: "I want a husband, even a used one." Arrested, she admitted that she only wanted to embarrass a man who had jilted...
Year ago Morris Joseloff wandered into London's International Art Galleries on St. James Street, was shown two Reynoldses, a Gainsborough, a Hopper, a Sebastiano del Piombo, a "Master of Frankfurt." Because he badly needed money, said Gallery Director S. M. Salomon, he would sell the lot to Mr. Joseloff for ?8,000 ($46,625). Mr. Joseloff agreed to buy provided Mr. Salomon could produce certificates of authenticity, planned to hang his new acquisitions with his already authenticated Corot, Velasquez, Romney, Constable. When Mr. Salomon promised to mail the certificates, Mr. Joseloff paid, sailed, with pictures...