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Pride and Prejudice celebrates 200th anniversary (Thumbnail)

I had a second edition copy of a literary classic valued. The results shocked me

I was hoping I could buy a new car. I couldn’t buy myself a new tyre for that amount.

  • Kerri Sackville

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The image used to promote the National Gallery of Victoria’s new Pharaoh exhibition shows a figure that is probably Thumose III.

Why I won’t go to the NGV’s perplexing and problematic Pharaoh blockbuster

When Indigenous artefacts are being returned, and there is global recognition of the sanctity of the dead. Why do we make an exception for Egyptian rulers?

  • Alan Attwood
The wrapped, mummified child will remain on display at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Mummified body parts to be removed from Sydney museum amid intense global debate

The Chau Chak Wing museum will remove fragments of mummified bodies from display and will change the “colonial” name of its Mummy Room.

  • Jordan Baker
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These road trippers are taking the Mick

Straight to casualty.

The gold collection was returned to Cambodia last Friday.

Ancient Khmer crown jewels returned to Cambodia from notorious art dealer’s family

A 77-piece gold collection is back in Cambodia after being handed over by the daughter of Douglas Latchford, who was charged before his death in 2020 with trafficking in looted Cambodian artefacts.

  • Chris Barrett
A stone statue, known as a ÒStanding Female Deity,Ó one of 45 ancient artefacts Cambodian officials say were looted.

Cambodia confronts The Met with spreadsheet of ‘looted antiquities’

The country says dozens of “highly significant” items were plundered from Khmer shrines between 1970 and 2000 before being donated or sold to the New York museum.

  • Tom Mashberg
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The Seated Buddha, sold to the NGA by Nancy Wiener in 2007, was among the works that were found to have been stolen.

Antiquities dealer pleads guilty for role in sale of looted items

Nancy Wiener has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and possession of stolen property in connection with the trafficking of looted treasures – some of which were purchased by the National Gallery of Australia.

  • Tom Mashberg
A painting of Captain James Cook in naval uniform from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.

Small piece of timber from Captain Cook’s Endeavour up for $400,000 auction

The wood, 22 centimetres long and two centimetres wide is inside a display case with an inscription believed to have been written by the sister of botanist Sir Joseph Banks.

  • Tim Barlass
A 1920 George V Sovereign minted in Sydney sold for a record price at a Monaco online auction on Saturday June 12, 2021.

Highest auction price worldwide for rare Australian coins

A £5 coin minted in Melbourne in 1921 and a George V Sovereign minted in Sydney in 1920 sold in a Monaco auction for about $1.5m each.

  • Tim Barlass
Vintage toys, such as this Robbie the Robot, circa 1950s, and Tim Plate battery operated motorcycle from the 1960s can attract hefty prices.

Back to the future: vintage toys now worth big bucks

With price tags that can reach as high as $10,000, these toys are unlikely to be found under the Christmas tree.

  • Stephen Crafti

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