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Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An aristocrat’s treasure trove of heirlooms has been sold for more than £700,000 in a marathon auction that raised twice the pre-sale estimate. The artefacts, including paintings and sculptures, historic pistols, kitchenware and cutlery, were discovered after lying undisturbed for decades in the attics and cellars of Dunrobin Castle, family seat of the 25th Earl of Sutherland. The collection uncovered a new layer of Dunrobin’s history and was said to represent a “...

“These wonderfully diverse objects were held in a time-capsule that evoked a bygone age.” They were found during a “decluttering” at the castle, which is near Golspie in Sutherland. Carved oak armorial panels from the Queen Regent’s House in Edinburgh featured in the sale (Jane Barlow/PA) This took place because the castle, which is open to the public, was unable to display all the pieces stored around the building. A set of four carved oak armorial panels, from the Queen Regent’s House in Blythe’s Close, Edinburgh, sold for £17,750, well above the estimate of £4,000-�...

A treasure trove of objects found hidden in the attics and cellars of a Highland castle has sold for more than £730,000 at auction. Experts said the items were like a “time-capsule that evoked a bygone age” after they were unearthed at Dunrobin Castle, which was used by the Sutherland family for entertaining during the Scottish season and was visited by Queen Victoria. Paintings and sculptures, crested dinner services, silverware and an array of objects from the kitchen such as oyster stands and Victorian pewter ice cream moulds were among the objects which went under the hammer at Bonha...

Wicked Local For workers, new skills are the springboard to job opportunities and growth. Statewide and regional business associations from across the Commonwealth, including the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, have launched the Massachusetts Business Coalition on Skills (MBCS). The new statewide coalition will advocate for policies that develop the skills of the Cape and Islands' current and future workforce. The MBCS formed because there are two sides to the skills gap, and both can drag job and economic growth. On the employer side, it is difficult to find qualified talent. A 2019 survey by ...

Vertical Flight Society Announces 2021 Lichten Award Winners Share Article The winners of the VFS Robert L. Lichten were selected for technical excellence from first-time technical paper presenters VFS announces Andrew Lavoie as the winner of its prestigious Robert L. Lichten technical award Andrew Lavoie of Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, was selected as the overall Lichten Winner, with his winning paper, “Variational Tolerance Analysis (VTA) – Design and Manufacturing Optimization using Statistical Simulation" FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB) ...