Word: porcelains
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...dinner, so to speak--in order that we might hear what they have to say and see the range and the beauty of our heritage, a heritage we have not yet had an opportunity to know," Chicago explains. The table rests on the "heritage floor," white-lustred porcelain embossed with the gold script names of 999 women, representatives of the thousands that history has consumed...
...more than 700 Thoroughbred race horses, including some with appropriate names like Goofed, Extravagant and Overdrawn. Bunker also kicked in 65 Krugerrands, 60 bags of silver coins, 1,000 Austrian gold Ducats and 3,000 Austrian gold Coronas, plus some odds and ends like a renowned collection of porcelain birds and an oil painting of himself...
...moment and a mountain the next--costumes that moved with the action; a return to the acting troupe that prided itself on its adaptability and valued self-sufficiency and independence more than anything else. Relevant theater that did not struggle for its relevance like a myopic woman fingering a porcelain sink for her dentures. "Childish" stories that moved adults. Theater that told its audience to listen, because it had something...
...celebrity auctioneer at a charity sale at Christie's galleries in Manhattan: "Give me a 50, a 50, a 50, let's see a 60, a 65. Don't scratch your nose because I'm very observant." His spiel swiftly sold five lots of porcelain objets d'art, raising $1,160 for the World Wildlife Fund. Cronkite said he learned his patter from the Lucky Strike tobacco auctioneers, who were last on radio when he was still a cub wire-service reporter. No matter. Impressed, Christie's Head Auctioneer Ray Perman told...
...past six months, such objects as ivory and jade pieces and antique silverware have all recorded huge price increases at auction. Among several categories of fine arts that experts believe to be underpriced but rapidly appreciating in value: 17th century old master drawings and prints; Victorian furniture, paintings, drawings, porcelain, silver and antiques of all kinds; Japanese pottery and porcelain, ivory and enamels; Italian baroque paintings and Renaissance statuary; American primitives; Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities. Also upward bound are American Indian artifacts, antique gold watches, rare manuscripts, books and autographs, Victorian and Edwardian jewelry, and art deco furniture...