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Astrid Løken (14 April 1911 – 19 January 2008) was a Norwegian entomologist and member of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Spending most of her career at Bergen Museum , from 1949 to 1979, she was the first female member of the Norwegian Entomological Society , and specialized in the bumblebee genus Bombus .
Auction Notes Images Source Auction House Date Location Sale price (USD) Original Adjusted [5] Unidentified Nest with 10 eggs Found in China Bonhams: September 15, 1993: London $76,000 $160,299 Purchaser was an anonymous American buyer. Collector also bought a set of 5 eggs at same auction for $18,750. [6] [7] Sue [a] (FMNH PR 2081 ...
Metropress Limited, [2] [3] trading as Auction Technology Group, is a digital marketplace business listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ATG). [4] It also publishes Antiques Trade Gazette which is a London-based weekly publication and website serving the art and antiques community and was the original genesis of the business but is now a small proportion of the group’s revenues.
The surname Løken or Loken may refer to: Astrid Løken (1911–2008), Norwegian entomologist and member of the Norwegian resistance movement during WW II; Bård Løken (born 1964), Norwegian photographer; Johan Christen Løken (1944–2017), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party; Karl Petter Løken (born 1966), Norwegian football player
British and Irish country house contents auctions are usually held on site at the country house, and have been used to raise funds for their owners, usually before selling the house and estate. Such auctions include the sale of high quality antique paintings, furniture, objets d'art, tapestries, books, and other household items.
Christie's Auction House sold billionaire Jaqui Safra prized collection of Albert Einstein's "Love Letters" at "fire sale" prices to boost profits, court papers allege.
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
As of 2016, Mecum auctions 15,000 vehicles annually, ranging from muscle cars to pre-World War I vehicles, with annual sales of $300 million. [29] [30] The company specializes in muscle cars from the 1950s to 1970s. [31] By 2017, the company had added separate auction events dealing solely with motorcycles and farmer tractors respectively.