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18th-Century Drawing Rescued From a Dumpster Shatters Estimates at Auction

One lucky antiques enthusiast was in for the shock of a lifetime when they last went dumpster diving. Rifling through the trash in Hudson, New York last year, they chanced upon a discarded pen and ink ...
Washington Examiner

Finding splendor in the harpsichord

Visions of a harpsichord will, more often than not, place the instrument in an 18th-century drawing room with its player a demure young woman showing off her musical training to impress a suitor.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

This 18th-Century Sketch by a Renowned English Portraitist Was Hiding in a Dumpster in New York

Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by ...
The New York Times

Looted by Nazis, an 18th-Century Painting Resurfaces. But Not for Long.

The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina. By Claire Moses Reporting from Amsterdam Where is “Portrait of a Lady,” an ...