2012
Feb
09
Sotheby's struggled to sell two of its top lots at a London auction of impressionist and modern art.
There are 130 paintings on show and it will run until May 27.
The distinctive markings are just one tell-tale sign that experts rely on.
She's looking younger and more ravishing.
Most of the statues attacked were Renaissance or 20th century copies of older works but two of them were authentically ancient, dating back around 2,000 years.
The items were among thousands stolen from Iraq's museums and archeological sites in the mayhem that followed the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003.