A 1774 newspaper published by Benjamin Franklin and featuring a variation of his famous "Join, or Die" cartoon will be auctioned off Thursday by Nate D. Sanders auctions. The cartoon, which depicts a disjointed rattlesnake, is among the most recognizable emblems of the American Revolution.
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Feb 23 (Reuters) - Large investment managers bought $21.831 billion at a 10-year note auction held in February, compared with the $23.884 billion they purchased the previous month, data from the U.S. Treasury Department released on Tuesday showed.
Overseas investors, another major group of holders of U.S. government debt, bought $10.188 billion of the latest 10-year supply, compared with $5.601 billion they purchased the previous month, according to the Treasury Department’s auction allotment data.
The Treasury also sold some of $56 billion of 10-year notes earlier this month to banks, pension funds and Wall Street bond dealers.
At other auctions held the same week as the 10-year auction, large investment managers bought $28.222 billion of 3-year notes, compared with the $25.761 billion they purchased the previous month. They bought $16.186 billion in 30-year bonds versus $14.797 billion the prior month.
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Mustard has teamed with Vestiaire Collective to sell his high-fashion items for charity.
Mustard’s pieces include jeans from Off-White and Chrome Hearts, Louis Vuitton sunglasses, and his own merch, with all proceeds to be donated to Destination Crenshaw, an outdoor art and culture experience celebrating Black Los Angeles.
“I’ve worked with the councilman Herb Wesson for many years, and I love the work they do,” Mustard said. “As a LA native, I will forever support education, the arts and community-building here first.”
He also explained why sometimes luxury items actually make the most sense in the long run.
In the mid-19th century Iran became home to a thriving contemporary art scene, with Tehran being West Asia s most active visual cultural centre. At the forefront of this was Fereydoun Ave (born 1945) – artist, designer, collector and art patron, Ave has devoted the last four decades to celebrating Iranian artists. Since the revolution in 1979 international sanctions on the country have made it difficult for Iranians to travel abroad and for westerners to access Iran, this has rendered a generation of artists underexposed, and invisible from the Western art World s gaze.
Bonham s New Day New Wave: Curated by Fereydoun Ave seeks to change that with works of 31 Iranian artists previously unseen on the market. The sale is online and runs from