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  • 6 Lost Treasures Just Waiting To Be Found

    09/09/2009 12:46:50 PM PDT · by BGHater · 26 replies · 2,340+ views
    Mental Floss ^ | 08 Sep 2009 | Rob Lammle
    Last month we told you about people who stumbled upon their fortune. If you haven’t found your own copy of the Declaration of Independence or a few thousand Ancient Roman coins, let me give you a push in the right direction with these tales of lost treasures that are just waiting for you to find them. 1. The Lying Dutchman? Arthur Flegenheimer, who went by the alias “Dutch Schultz,” was a New York mobster during the 1920s and ’30s known for his brutality and hard-nosed business tactics. By the time he was 33, Dutch had taken on the Mafia in...
  • Fabled Trove of Fabergé Eggs Goes to Auction, Jewels and All

    01/08/2004 9:40:08 PM PST · by sarcasm · 21 replies · 1,212+ views
    The New York Times ^ | January 9, 2004 | CAROL VOGEL
    he last pieces of a legendary collection, the nine Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs from Czarist Russia acquired over a lifetime by Malcolm Forbes, the publishing magnate, are to be sold at Sotheby's in New York in April, the auction house announced yesterday.The collection, second in size only to the 10 in the Kremlin, will be offered along with 180 other Fabergé objects from the Forbes holdings. Together they are expected to sell for at least $90 million, at a time when the market for them seems receptive.Many Americans are passionate collectors of Fabergé, but there is also a growing number...