By Theimproper, on March 10th, 2010
 The famed “Batta-Piatigorsky” ‘cello made by legendary Antonio Stradivari is one of the highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly reopened André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments.
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By Theimproper, on February 27th, 2010
 Paul Delaroche’s painting “Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers,” which miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II, has finally gone on display more than half a century after it was thought destroyed by German bombers.
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By Theimproper, on February 3rd, 2010
 At least 10 bidders gamely contested for the right to buy a rare bronze statue by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. When the gavel fell, the art work set an all time record for a sale — $104.3 million.
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By Theimproper, on February 3rd, 2010
 A painting with a long and controversial provenance tracing back to Leonardo da Vinci, shocked bidders at an Old Masters Sotheby’s auction after it sold for $1.5 million, more than three times its estimated value.
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By Theimproper, on January 26th, 2010
 A woman who fell into a Picasso and tore a six inch hole in the canvas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, raises the delicate question, once again, about how accessible rare works should be in a public museum.
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