Steven | December 14, 2009
An emotional letter from George Washington to his nephew Bushrod, written soon after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 has sold at Christie’s for a record $3.2 million dollars (including buyer’s premium.) This smashes the previous record of $834,500 set in 2002 for a Revolutionary War military report in his hand.
In the letter, Washington [...]
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Tags: Christie's, Constitution, George Washington
Steven | December 10, 2009
Spectroscopic analysis of a painting long thought to be from an anonymous 19th Century artist has produced a fingerprint image from the painting matching that of Leonardo Da Vinci. Work done at Lumiere Technology of Paris for the anonymous Swiss owner, as well as analysis of the canvas and pigments, has convinced art experts that [...]
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Tags: art research, da vinci, digital analysis, painting, Paul Biro, Peter Silverman
