Back in 2017, Saudi Arabia’s Crown prince was criticized in the West for a crackdown on corruption that targeted many leading Saudis who had close connections to friends in New York, Washington, Paris, London and elsewhere. The narrative media presented at the time was that Mohammed Bin Salman, often called “MBS,” was cracking down on corruption […]
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Latest twist in ‘Salvator Mundi’ painting case again aims to target Saudi
Hereford Mappa Mundi: Legendary Cities, Monstrous Races, and Curious Medieval Beasts
A large calfskin canvas was secreted away beneath the floor of an English cathedral, featuring what, at first glance, appeared to be a map of the world. Once recovered and repaired, the map which is now known as the Hereford Mappa Mundi was found to date to 1285. While a myriad of cities and towns […]
‘Salvator Mundi’ Fetches Princely Sum for the Usual Suspects
By Russ Winter The “art investment” world is a closed club dominated by a couple dozen major collectors who utilize a couple dozen principal art curators or advisers. These individuals then hype and manipulate the art pieces of which the most inflated are sold at highbrow auctions. There is also a group of “art critics” who […]
SALVATOR MUNDI 450 MILLION DOLLAR SCAM?
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci was sold for 450 million $ Its a painting of Christ the Saviour also known as Salvator Mundi The picture of Christ is androgynous The seller was Dimitri Rybolovlev The buyer is unknown The Auction House is Christie‘s Rybolovlev is a doctor He graduated in medicine and is actually […]