![freddie mercury comb Tiffany and Co. Mustache comb, est. at $500-750 makes $189K!](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/freddie-mercury-comb.jpg)
Freddie Mercury Rocked The Auction World
I wanted to briefly update you on the sale that ROCKED the auction world! The six-series auction of Freddie Mercury’s personal items managed to defy all expectations by generating an astonishing £39.9 million ($50.4 million). This astronomical figure vastly surpassed … More…
Stolen Van Gogh Found
Two months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, one of the most recent major art thefts of note took place. On March 30, 2020, a lone thief broke into the Springer Laren … More…
![NOR Skrik, ENG The Scream A painting showing a bald man holding his face with an expression of show or fear as he hears the "scream of nature" and the sky turns red behind him.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Edvard_Munch_1893_The_Scream_oil_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard_91_x_73_cm_National_Gallery_of_Norway-825x1024.jpg)
Art History Myths: Broken Down
Myths, stories, and apocrypha have always surrounded art and artists. Some start with a grain of truth, while others are just made up entirely. Here is just a short collection of some of my favorites… What is The Scream? Edvard … More…
![DeBrecyTondo A circular painting of a woman and her son, likely a Madonna and Child, against a plain background. The woman is veiled and dressed in a pink robe, while the infant is completely naked. The painting is fit into a square frame, with decorative, triangular wooden pieces inserted at the edges to make the canvas fit the frame.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DeBrecyTondo-1019x1024.jpg)
Raphael Attribution Causes AI Battle
Some months ago, I wrote about how a pair of British scientists used a facial recognition AI program to positively attribute a Madonna and Child painting to the Italian Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio. While this gained an incredible amount of … More…
![Salvador_Dali_NYWTS A black-and-white photograph of the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí holding his pet ocelot.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg)
New Dalí Museum
Salvador Dalí already has a museum dedicated to him. The Dalí Theater and Museum is located in the Catalonian town of Figueres, his hometown about 70 miles northeast of Barcelona, close to the border with France. It was originally the … More…
![CONSELLERAOBRASMUVIM_NoticiaAmpliada A group of figures, including two police officers, posing in front of five paintings seized as forgeries.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CONSELLERAOBRASMUVIM_NoticiaAmpliada.jpg)
Picassos Or Pikachus: Fakes Seized In Spain
Art forgery is one of the most lucrative criminal enterprises in Spain. The Spanish government takes the country’s national heritage and culture very seriously, so reports of police seizing forgeries are far more frequent. This past April, I wrote about … More…
![Mold_cape_2 The Mold Gold Cape, an ancient cape made of sheet gold originally from a burial mound in Wales.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mold_cape_2.jpg)
British Museum Theft: The Root Cause?
This is an update on the situation at the British Museum. Last month, it was revealed that Peter John Higgs, the museum’s former curator of Greco-Roman art, was fired after he was found to have stolen and/or damaged 1,500 to … More…
![piano Black baby grand piano](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/piano.jpg)
A Queen’s Ransom
Freddy Mercury was a rock legend who sang his heart out in “Somebody to Love” as if he was composing a personal ad for love. However, he probably didn’t realize that while searching for someone to love, countless somebodies were already … More…