Three years ago, a businessman bought a collection of roughly 20 million sports cards from its reclusive owner. Now he wants to show it to the world.
Category: Collectors and Collections
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A 21st-Century Watch Brand Honors Its 19th-Century Roots
A longtime fan of the Cornell Watch Company, which made pocket watches in Chicago, led its rebirth last year with a timepiece for the wrist.
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A Son Cares for a Father’s Legacy in Jewelry
After Castro’s death in 2022, Sir King Castro was not sure what to do. But now he is working on a retrospective exhibition, to open Oct. 8 in London.
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A 120-Ring Collection That Reflects History
The pieces scheduled for a selling exhibition in London this fall range in origin, from ancient Greece to 18th-century Britain.
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A Panorama of Design Products
A look at design-world events, products and people.
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He Bought a (Miniature) Zoo
The painter Walton Ford has amassed dozens of vintage German animal figurines.
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Jacopo Etro’s (Mostly) Unchanged Centuries-Old Home in Puglia, Italy
The eldest son of the Etro family joined the throngs buying up centuries-old properties in Puglia but had the good sense to leave his (mostly) alone.
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John Mayer on Being the Watch World’s Celebrity ‘Go-To Guy’
The singer and songwriter talks about working with Audemars Piguet, how it felt when his design debuted and a prediction on the next big thing on everyone’s wrists.
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The Melting Watch Looks, Well, Just Like That
Exaequo’s new timepiece is a revival of a 1990s model inspired by a Dalí painting of misshapen clocks.
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Star Power Elevates Pin Trading, the Unofficial Sport of the Olympics
Celebrities and athletes are chronicling the chase for their most prized conquests on social media, with high demand for designs from Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles.
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A New Path in Tuscany Offers Rest, Beauty and an Escape from the Crowds
The Sentiero dell’Arte e dell’Anima, or Path of Art and Soul, in Pienza, is lined with 28 benches created by well-known artists where visitors can take in the countryside of the Val d’Orcia.