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Bat used by Lou Gehrig in 1938 sells at auction for $715,120 Gehrig gave the bat, which was made from ash, to Earle Combs, a onetime Yankees teammate and coach who, like Gehrig, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the company said. by Neil Vigdor (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- A baseball bat used by Lou Gehrig at the twilight of his legendary career with the New York Yankees sold for $715,120 over the weekend, the company that auctioned it said Sunday. The bat — a 34-inch, 36-ounce Bill Dickey model Louisville Slugger — was used by Gehrig in 1938, his final full season as a key cog in the earl...

Daylight Books publishes HOME FIRES, Vol 1: The Past by Bruce Haley HOME FIRES, Vol 1: The Past by Bruce Haley. Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781942084884, 144 pages; 70 Color Photographs, 12 1/2 x 11 inches. $45 US. Published by Daylight Books. NEW YORK, NY .- Bruce Haley spent his formative years on a small ranch in the southwestern portion of California's San Joaquin Valley, in an area between Lemoore and Riverdale known as the Island District. Not the sort of young man who was easily contained indoors (setting a pattern that would last a lifetime), he ran the land, rode horses and dirt bikes acro...

The MIT Press launches new open access collection of 34 classic architecture and urban studies titles An unprecedented digitization program makes out-of-print works by George L. Hersey, Richard Freedman, Mark Jarzombek, Moshe Safdie, Peter Rowe, Galen Cranz, Arthur Pulos, Gilbert Hubert, and others available as ebooks for the first time. CAMBRIDGE, MASS .- Today, the MIT Press launched MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies, a robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books, on their digital book platform MIT Press Direct. The colle...

PAFA announces new additions to the permanent collection Dyani White Hawk, (b. 1976), She Gives (Quiet Strength VII), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120 in. (213.36 x 304.8 cm.) Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Museum Purchase, 2020.17. PHILADELPHIA, PA .-The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announced its latest acquisitions of a wide range of artworks that significantly enhance its renowned American art collection. Ranging in date from 1869 to 2020, the museum acquired 168 works of art through purchase and gift. These new additions include historic, 20...

Largest ever survey of Moroccan art opens at Reina Sofia Museum Installation view of Moroccan Trilogy 1950-2020. Andre Elbaz, Urnes. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Photographic Archive of Museo Reina Sofia. MADRID .-Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid presents Moroccan Trilogy 1950-2020, a sweeping survey of the culture of Morocco from the 1950s to the present day, running from 31 March - 27 September 2021, in a unique collaboration with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art – Qatar Museums and Qatar Foundation. The show features more than 250 works by 60 artists, inc...