Sunday, April 3, 2011

The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy


  • ISBN13: 9780061558290
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Sotheby's. New York City. On a warm June evening, with the auction-house showroom crammed with the wealthy, the curious, and the press, history was made when an anonymous man in a green golf sweater paid three quarters of a million dollars to win a 2,500-year-old chalice—the Greek artist Euphronios's wine cup depicting the death of Zeus's son Sarpedon at Troy. After that night, this historical artifact disappeared, its whereabouts a mystery. Until now. In this ... More >>

The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - a Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy

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