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Fossey, 53, was found hacked to death by a machete at her isolated camp in the Virunga Mountains, where she had lived on and off since 1967. No arrests have been made, but authorities believe the killer was someone who knew her. Fossey was often at odds with the local...
If you've ever walked into a church and thought, "That pulpit would look perfect in my garden," LASSCO St. Michael's might be able to help. Based in a converted Victorian church in the heart of London, LASSCO sells everything from ecumenical artifacts to secular statuary. When a developer...
The firm's cavernous St. Michael's warehouse is jammed with around $7.5 million worth of curios. A set of elegantly cast stair spindles removed from the Royal Albert Hall (a bargain at $320 each) sits next to an enormous 1850s mahogany display case ($13,200) that originally held flora...
I'm an American, so I'll speak plainly. 1. You Already Fooled Us Once. Charles's first wedding to the lovely Diana spawned a small industry in souvenir teacups, commemorative medallions, and ?limited edition? glass figurines that drove quite a few of my older female relatives into considerable credit...
She has helped redeem a country too. Sometimes, in a world shared with Rupert Murdoch, the Crocodile Hunter and the Wiggles, it's hard to be Australian--as if the country is full of curios and barbarians. Kidman is Australia's best evidence of passion and sophistication, though she doesn...