Art

A good numismatic collection is worth a million US Dollar and even much higher. It depends on the volume and age of coins, though. When we talk about the holdings in coins of the historic value, then the collection can cost over several mln USD. So, when we hear about numismatic or coin auction, we refer to kinds of investment into future that can only gain. Sometimes very good coins are found at various auctions.

The Center of Napoleon Treasure Hunt opened and based in Moscow announced on the start-up of the digging works in summer 2010 aimed to discover the legendary treasure dispatched from the robbed Moscow by the defeated army of the great Napoleon. The diggings will end up in the year 2012 and nobody knows whether they will be fruitful since it’s about two hundred years since Napoleon’s Treasure has been hunted for by many groups of diggers and hunters from all over the world.

The world of numismatic collectors was shocked in 2011 along with the entire United Kingdom when a rural Londoner discovered a very rare and ancient coin on the bank of Evil. That was the gold mankus released during the reign of the Anglo-Saxon King Coenwolf in IX century. The coin preserved perfectly. This news facilitated most amateurs of rarity to go for wonderings with the metal detector in the suburbs of the capital with the bare wish to discover rare coins.

Porcelain is the luxury fragile thing created from white clay, quartz and other various components. No other family collection can do without the delicate china tea set that highlights the peculiar taste and style of the hostess. Collectors of the whole world are really hunting rare figurines of animals and flowers, and pictures of people or myth heroes glazed. Every work of art of the thinnest porcelain is the unique design and beauty which keeps the particle of soul and skills of every master.

The Japanese painting is one of the most unique and exclusive phenomenon in the world culture which stipulates the concern in it from art historian and simply amateurs of beautiful things from all over the world. Actually, the development of the painting on the Japanese islands isolated and thus not exposed to the foreign cultural influence appeared to be of exceptional nature. The painting of Japan reflected the special vision of natives of this country to the world showing the specific philosophy to the Japanese. And here the exclusivity of the painting content in Japan matched with the variety of types of art works. Apart from screens and wall paintings so customary for the perception of the Europeans, the works of art include silky and paper rolls decorated with prints, special album sheers and flamboyant fans.

Figurines of various sizes made from different material are popular throughout centuries, back from the times immemorial. The figurines were made previously from bones, wood, stone and clay later metal was used to make the miniature figurines and sculpture groups. Previously the figurines were made not only for the purposes to honor gods and spirits being the religious symbols and cult items, but also charming accessories that urged to adorn the severe house holding. The first porcelain figurines were created in China, the motherland of china. As soon as the tiny delicate items arrived to Europe, they seized the hearts of china admirers. The china was considered as the «white gold», it was estimated at the level of the precious metal, and the porcelain figurines became the symbol of authority and wealth, the image accessory for the design of premise and the indicator of the status.

Filigree is the openwork pattern or that soldered onto the metal base from the wire, whether silver or gold, though gold wire is rarely used. The wire is used as plain or twisted. The word «filigree» actually explains the technology of pattern creation from the Latin word filum - thread and granum as a grain or a corn. The technology describes the whole manufacturing procedure. Filigree is easily recognized for the delicate pattern and for strands of metal threaded into complex designs. This style of jewelry was far popular in the past though it has become more rare and specialized throughout the years.

People from all over the world are keen on interpreting various historic, mystic and psychological pseudo secrets created by the impetuous fantasy of Dan Brown and people like him. And it is surprising that one of the most effective and showy secrets of the real history are not revealed to the wide public. It is in the aware of the intimate circle of people with active, perhaps, too active social positions. It concerns the so-called Liberia or the library belonging to the Russian tsar Ivan Vasilyevich aka Ivan the Terrible which disappeared mystically.

In the modern world, a cell phone is not a luxury item but a means of communication and a gadget facilitating business dealings. However, not everyone may agree with this statement. Though most people enjoy having a quality cell phone, they also recognize that cellular phones are a consumable good and will have to be replaced within in a few years. For this reason, people often do not purchase the most expensive cell phone when they purchase their mobile. Some, though, must have a costly mobile phone. The world's most expensive cell phones were made to satisfy just that type of person. However, an expensive cell phone can both an exclusive piece bejeweled with diamonds or a cutting edge technology solution packed into an irresistible design, without any superfluities.

The katana sword is believed to be ultimate cutting weapon by many collectors of swords around the world. The katana sword is a gruesome looking weapon and its history tells the story of a weapon designed strictly for war, but ownership meant so much more to the samurai and possessors. The katana was mostly made famous by the samurai who were undoubtedly masters of sword warfare. The samurai could unsheathe their katana and cut through just about anything with the precision of a surgeon in a matter of seconds.

Khokhloma is a settlement in Russia, district of the Nizhniy Novgorod. Handicraft from various places was sold there brought from the neighboring villages, including the wooden tableware painted with fascinating patterns. The tableware was bought in the village and spread throughout Russia and to other places. The consumers never sort out the way the tableware was manufactured and who made it and very soon the painting was named after the settlement it was marketed.