AAD REPORTS27/01/2021Disarming new findings on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi.
In a direct rebuke to contemporary art yenta Jerry Saltz, who flapped his gums with zero expertise in material science loudly proclaimed No, the better informed Louvre’s examination determined...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS26/01/2021How a fraudulent German art dealer conned her way into doing some real damage:
On May 9 Ticolat wired the balance, $1,275,000. He expected the pumpkin to arrive in Hong Kong shortly and told his client as much. Ticolat asked Gulbenkian to restore minor...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS24/01/2021Although we know Van Gogh so well from his 36 painted self-portraits, depictions of him by other artists are rare. We can now add another—from no less a hand than his friend Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the lover of Montmartre nightlife. This drawing is...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS24/01/2021Uttterly atypical for clickbait type stories this marvelous geological perspective on Machi Pucchu explains the hows and whys of this stone city being built atop converging fault lines with a ready source of materials (hexagonal stone) and the ultimate...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS17/01/2021Described as a “truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance” to own a Carroll Shelby collectible and the Cobra to occupy “a hallowed place in Cobra history as perhaps the most significant of all,” CSX3178, Shelby’s lifelong Cobra, is now with its third owner.
The...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS14/01/2021Audiences will have to wait to return to the world of “The Sopranos.” “The Many Saints of Newark,” an upcoming film that serves as a prequel to the long-running HBO series, has again delayed its big-screen debut.
The movie will now open on Sept. 24,...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS13/01/2021Thanks to a 1,840-year-old stone vessel, archaeologists have identified the tomb of Liu Zhi, one of China’s last Han emperors and a particularly brutal and hated ruler known for ordering the deaths of unwitting palace officials and their...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS12/01/2021What a surprise the central planning dictatorial mindset of the Peoples Republic of China gave the world a vaccine that is 50% effective.
Heads or tails?
The São Paulo-based Butantan Institute – which is running final-stage clinical trials for...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS11/01/2021Maybe London should take note
Landing at Palm Beach International Airport, I was ready to see how the other half lived. The COVID-sane half, that is.
Our family hadn’t left New York since March. We had read about how Florida was able to maintain a...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS08/01/2021Thank you for inviting me to this Summit. I am delighted to have this opportunity to learn, discuss, and exchange ideas together with you.
With those opening words, Jack Ma’s fortune was changed.
Read the speech on entrepreneurs...[Read More]