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BIDDENDEN, Aug 12 — There’s little to distinguish the farm building in Kent, southeast England, from others nearby, except for one thing: The royal warrant over the door. “By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, conservators and restorers of pianos,” it reads. Inside the building in...

Final chord: royal piano restorer sells lifetime's collection

Some of his work has included on pianos belonging to Queen Elizabeth II herself.

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   A provided image shows an artwork connected to a scheme of selling false Keith Haring paintings. According to a criminal complaint, employees at New York auction houses were approached about the art. A man was taken into custody and charged with wire fraud. Department of Justice via The New York Times. NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Angel Pereda, 49, of Mexico, was taken into custody in New York and charged with wire fraud after prosecutors accused him of t...

Unique private collection of rare pianos to go up for auction The pianos have been collected by one of the world’s foremost piano restorers, David Winston. LONDON .-Dreweatts auctioneers is to offer an exceptional private collection of rare pianos in a landmark sale on September 23, 2021. The collection was amassed by David Winston, who holds a Royal Warrant as Restorer and Conservator of Pianos to HM the Queen. It is comprised of 26 unique instruments dating from the 18th century to present d...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.21.21 Guilty. Guilty. Derrick Chauvin murdered George Floyd, the hammer of justice sounded loudly on all three counts he faced. The video of Chauvin’s neck on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes was damning enough. There was more, though. Throughout the ordeal, the smug, superior expression on Chauvin’s face told volumes about the disregard he had for Floyd’s life. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Image via A...

Four officers stopped for the wintry battle with the children Saturday night. Author: Jennie Runevitch Updated: 10:02 AM EST February 2, 2021 AVON, Ind. — Police officers in Avon made an unusual traffic stop this weekend. There was no crime and no danger, just an epic snowball fight Saturday night with some of the towns youngest citizens. Racheal Stone, one of the kids mom, shared the video of the winter battle with 13News. It shows four Avon officers taking on...

Four officers stopped for the wintry battle with the children Saturday night.

Contents of spectacular Aynhoe Park sell for double their estimate at Dreweatts The sale totalled £4.1 million against a pre-sale low estimate of £1.3 million. LONDON .- There was much excitement from around the globe in the last few days, when the contents of the 17th century Grade I Palladian country house, Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire, went under the hammer at Dreweatts. The auction, titled Aynhoe Park: The Celebration of a Modern Grand Tour took place in the form of two live auctions on Wed...