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Ruth has held many exhibitions of her art work, starting in Zambia in 1980, and subsequently in the UK and France. Her painting, The Bombing of Chinkumbi Camp, is in the Zambia National Museum. In 1984 Ruth was invited to become Managing Director of the Mpapa Gallery , founded in Lusaka by Joan Pilcher and Heather Montgomerie as the first ...
Schmid eventually recovered partial sight in one eye, but problems with his leg during the cold winters led him to retire in 1957 and move to St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife and two sons. Al Schmid died of bone cancer on December 1, 1982. On December 6, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His wife Ruth was also buried in ...
Philadelphia steel worker Al Schmid has no intention of marriage until he meets Ruth Hartley. Al is impressed by Ruth and the couple fall in love. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Al joins the Marines. Before his departure, Al proposes marriage to Ruth on the train station platform. Al is assigned to fight in the Pacific War.
A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago is now expected to fetch up to $18 million at auction after being identified as the work of the Dutch master Rembrandt. “The Adoration of the ...
The auctioneer then reveals Ira's clause in the auction rules was: whoever buys Daniel's portrait will receive the entire collection, worth almost $200 million, as it is the piece of art that meant the most to him. A year later, Luke and Sophia, now married, have built an art gallery dedicated to Ira and Ruth and their paintings.
An auctioneer found the painting stored in an attic during a visit to a private estate in Camden, Maine. ... Labeled as Portrait of a Girl, the piece sold for $1.4 million in an auction.
In June 1693, John Evelyn mentions a "great auction of pictures (Lord Melfort's) in the Banqueting House, Whitehall", [1] [2] and the practice is frequently referred to by other contemporary and later writers. [1] Normally, an auction catalog, that lists the art works to be sold, is written and made available well before the auction date.
The jersey Ruth wore in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, when he legendarily "called his shot" and homered off Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, sold at auction Saturday night for $24.12 million ...