Egypt
- Mummy's Hand To Be Auctioned
BBC News With photos (somewhat grizzly!) Staff at a Newcastle auction house have been a little nervous of late, refusing to do anything that means being in the building on their own.The reason is a 2000-year-old mummified hand which they'll be auctioning...
- Antiquities Auction At Christies New York
Christies Fine Art Auction, New York Thanks to Paula Veiga for this link. It never fails to suprise me just how many items from ancient Egypt are in circulation in any given month: The Antiquities auction takes place on June 3rd 2009 at the Rockefeller...
- Sotheby's December 2007 Antiquities Auction Results
Sotheby's The Auction Results page can be reached at the above URL. Navigate in the list to the auction "Antiquities", December 5th 2007. You will need to be registered to access the Results page (free of charge). You will then be able to see each...
- Artifact Removed From Ny Auction
http://tinyurl.com/hnreg (today.reuters.com)"A 4000-year-old Egyptian alabaster container shaped like a duck and used for a funeral offering has been withdrawn from auction because it may be stolen property, Christie's auction house said on Monday....
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...
Egypt
New York auction includes Egyptian mummy hand
http://www.1010wins.com/pages/321480.php?contentType=4&contentId=387034
"An extremely rare Tyrannosaurid skull, an ancient Egyptian mummy hand, and the largest iron ore meteorite are among the hundreds of world-class specimens in the most comprehensive natural history auction ever in New York this week. The auction is under the auspices of J.M. Chait, the preeminent Beverly Hills auction house. . . . . Egyptian Mummy Hand - The mummification indicates a possible date between the New Kingdom and the Ptolemaic period.
A slideshow of the items is available below.
http://tinyurl.com/2fhc3j
"An extremely rare Tyrannosaurid skull, an ancient Egyptian mummy hand, and the largest iron ore meteorite are among the hundreds of world-class specimens in the most comprehensive natural history auction ever in New York this week. The auction is under the auspices of J.M. Chait, the preeminent Beverly Hills auction house. . . . . Egyptian Mummy Hand - The mummification indicates a possible date between the New Kingdom and the Ptolemaic period.
A slideshow of the items is available below.
http://tinyurl.com/2fhc3j
- Mummy's Hand To Be Auctioned
BBC News With photos (somewhat grizzly!) Staff at a Newcastle auction house have been a little nervous of late, refusing to do anything that means being in the building on their own.The reason is a 2000-year-old mummified hand which they'll be auctioning...
- Antiquities Auction At Christies New York
Christies Fine Art Auction, New York Thanks to Paula Veiga for this link. It never fails to suprise me just how many items from ancient Egypt are in circulation in any given month: The Antiquities auction takes place on June 3rd 2009 at the Rockefeller...
- Sotheby's December 2007 Antiquities Auction Results
Sotheby's The Auction Results page can be reached at the above URL. Navigate in the list to the auction "Antiquities", December 5th 2007. You will need to be registered to access the Results page (free of charge). You will then be able to see each...
- Artifact Removed From Ny Auction
http://tinyurl.com/hnreg (today.reuters.com)"A 4000-year-old Egyptian alabaster container shaped like a duck and used for a funeral offering has been withdrawn from auction because it may be stolen property, Christie's auction house said on Monday....
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...