The Luxury of being able to sit and read! One wonders if we truly live in a better time?
by Jared Paul Stern May 24th 2010 at 9:01AM
The cases feature myriad compartments and leather boxes for spirits, smoking accessories, writing instruments , notepaper, perfume bottles, cosmetics, playing cards, jewelry, small tools, sewing items, brushes and more, with some items finished in sterling silver and tortoise shell. However, Hermès notes the the items appear to be unused and probably never made it to Kenya, where Blixen established a coffee plantation at the foot of the N’gong Hills; and therein lies something of a mystery. Noting that by December of 1930, when the first case was ordered, Blixen was somewhat down on her luck and preparing to leave Africa, Hermès thinks it unlikely she ordered it for herself and the archives are unclear. Could it perhaps have been intended as a gift from her lover, dashing big game hunter and pilot Denys Finch Hatton?
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An early piano believed to have been played by Mozart in Germany. (AFP)
An early piano believed to have been played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has surfaced in Germany and could be worth millions.
Public broadcaster SWR reports the instrument was built in 1775 and acquired in the 1980s by piano manufacturer Martin Becker in the southern German city of Baden-Baden from an antiques dealer in Strasbourg, eastern France.
When Mr Becker decided to auction the fortepiano, a music historian noticed the offer and “had a hunch it could be the same long-lost instrument Mozart played whenever he was in Strasbourg”, SWR said.
“I had the idea to offer it on eBay and maybe get between 30,000 and 40,000 euros for it,” Mr Becker told the radio station.
A historic oil painting in Vienna shows composer Joseph Haydn – a Mozart contemporary – playing what appears to be the same instrument.
The fortepiano, built by Christian Baumann, is one of eight known examples.
Mozart was said to be a fan of Baumann’s work.
SWR said auction house Christie’s confirmed the piano’s provenance in 2003 but a company spokesman said its US-based musical instrument specialists had never examined it.
The piano could be worth millions if its illustrious pedigree is established.
– AFP
  One of the largest ever finds of Roman coins in Britain has been made by a man using a metal detector. About 53,000 coins were found buried in a field in SomersetA hoard of more than 52,500 Roman coins discovered in a Somerset field has been declared treasure. Dave Crisp, from Wiltshire, found the coins – dating from the 3rd Century AD – in April buried near Frome. “I’ve been metal detecting since 1988 and it’s the most exciting and important find I’ve made,” he said. A British Museum spokesman said the 160kg find was the largest single coin haul found in one pot and was probably intended as a religious offering. Most of the coins, which are made from debased silver or bronze, are currently at the British Museum in London and includes examples from AD286 to 293 during the reign of Carausius who was the first Roman emperor to strike coins in Britain. A small selection has gone on display at Frome Library. Mr Crisp had earlier found a hoard of 60 silver coins in the same field before he discovered the larger pot of coins. Read full story here! |
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Having lunch one weekend at the Wolfcreek Inn my husband and son in-law were approached to be in a music video! This is one of the pictures I took! My hubby is very comfortable at a poker table.
During the 1800s there weren’t many forms of entertainment available so men turned to card games because they were easy to understand and cards were portable.
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Author. Well known as the author of “Gone with the Wind,” she began working as a journalist, using the name of Peggy Mitchell for the Atlanta Journal as a feature writer. It took her ten years to write “Gone With The Wind,” then titled “Tomorrow is Another Day.” She also changed the name of the heroine, the beautiful and manipulative Southern belle, from her original choice of “Pansy” to the more evocative “Scarlett”. In addition to its staggering sales, the novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1937
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