A rare hardcover first edition of J.K. Rowling’s *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone*, published in 1997 by Bloomsbury, sold at auction for $400,000, marking the second-highest auction price ever recorded for the book. The…
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The history of a company can also become the history of a country—of its social changes and the way it has learned to tell its story through images, advertisements, and everyday objects. This is the perspective behind the DEISA Ebano…
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Antonio Corradini ’s *Veiled Woman* (Venice, 1688 – Naples, 1752) sold for 1.925 million euros at the Dorotheum’s “Works of Art” auction on October 20, 2026, setting a world record for the artist. The marble bust, lot 980, was…
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From Renaissance paintings to ancient sculptures, from tapestries to works of modern design, TEFAF continues to be one of the most important events for the international art market and for the enrichment of public collections. The European…
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After seven years of closure and an extensive restoration project, the Jewish Museum of Venice will reopen to the public on October 22, 2026. Located in the heart of the Venetian Ghetto— the oldest in the world—the MEV will once again be…
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The fifty silver-leaf reliquaries housed in the Cell of St. Francis, in the convent of San Francesco a Ripa Grande in Rome’s Trastevere district, have been restored. The restoration, carried out between July and October 2026, was…
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What connects the compass held by the surveyor in Raphael’s *School of Athens* to a wooden object crafted today in a workshop in Urbino? At first glance, nearly five centuries separate the fresco painted in the Vatican Rooms from the work…
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The preservation of museum collections extends beyond the galleries open to the public: a significant portion of the heritage held by museums is, in fact, located in storage facilities, where environmental conditions, security, and…
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