Archive for March, 2021

YARD SALE ITEM RESOLD BIG AT AUCTION

The small, porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale that turned out to be a rare, 15th century Chinese artifact. The bowl was auctioned off for nearly $722,000 at Sotheby's Auction of Important Chinese Art, in New York, on March 17. (AP/Sotheby's)

(AP) – An exceptionally rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in
China that somehow turned up at a Connecticut yard sale and
sold for just $35 was auctioned off Wednesday for nearly
$722,000.

The small, white bowl adorned with cobalt blue paintings of
flowers and other designs — one of only seven such bowls
known to exist in the  world — was among a variety of Chinese
works of art sold by Sotheby’s as part of its Asia Week events.

The names of the seller and buyer were not disclosed.
 

        

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

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MIKE GRACIA

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 87

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Henry Darrow (Enrique Tomás Delgado Jiménez)
(September 15, 1933 – March 14, 2021)


Darrow known for his role as Manolito “Mano” Montoya
on the 1960s NBC television series The High Chaparral

 

Series titles over a painting of a cowboy on a rearing horse
Original release: September 10, 1967 – March 12, 1971


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BOXING LEGEND HAS DIED AT AGE 66

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Marvin Nathaniel Hagler (May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021)


(Fox News) –
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the boxing legend who
was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987 and
recorded 52 knockouts during his career, has died. His wife Kay,
made the announcement Saturday on Facebook stating
the boxer died unexpectedly at his home in New Hampshire. 

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