Marbles

DENVER, Pa. – Some of the finest handmade and machine-made vintage marbles ever to be offered at auction will be available to bidders on May 26 at Morphy’s gallery in Lancaster County, Pa. “They are miniature works of art,” said Morphy’s CEO, Dan Morphy, referring to the contents of the 783-lot specialty sale. Internet live […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP and ACNI) – Greece’s Culture Minister says he has rejected an offer from the British Museum to return a section of The Parthenon Marbles on a three-month loan. Antonis Samaras says the deal would have meant renouncing any Greek claim to the 2,500-year-old sculptures, which have been in London for nearly two […]

ROME (AP) – An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others – the British Museum, in particular – to send their own pieces of the works back, too.