StrangeSights: Blinken rockin’ in Ukraine; Michael Schumacher’s watches; and, miniature poodle’s big win
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
One of the oldest books in existence expected to fetch over $US2.6 million at auction
New York City, US Reuters A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will go up for auction in June in London. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex – written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first […]
Rare Winston Churchill paintings of historic mosque, cathedral up for auction
RNS Paintings by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill of St Paul’s Cathedral in London and the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco, will be put on sale by one of the world’s leading auction houses. The paintings will be auctioned at Christie’s Modern British Art Evening Sale on 1st March. Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is estimated […]