'Cupid and Psyche', sold for over a one and a half million euros

26/04/2010 09:17:00  (Comenta la noticia)

The auction house Sotheby's in New York has sold the painting Cupid and Psyche for $ 2.2 million (1.6 million) , by French artist William Bouguereau in which two lovers are depicted as adults on a large scale. The work was valued at between 1.8 and $ 2.2 million (1.4 and 1.6 million euros) and finally sold at a total of $ 2,210,500 (1.651 million euros), within the bid of the auction house in the Big Apple devoted to European art of the nineteenth century and which has raised a total of over $ 13.2 million (986 million euros). Cupid and Psyche ...   Read More »

A mother desperately asks for help on Facebook shortly before a fire in her home

26/04/2010 10:43:30  (Comenta la noticia)

A desperate mother sent an Internet message to the vandals who terrorized her family a few minutes before two of her three children died in an arson attack on her house. Fiona Adams was only able to save her baby of eight months, reports Dailymail.   Read More »

Clegg: "If Brown is third, he will not be prime minister"

26/04/2010 09:00:00  (Comenta la noticia)

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, said yesterday that Gordon Brown will not remain prime minister if the Labour Party is third in votes in the election on May 6. With his statements, Clegg found himself running for prime minister, because at this stage the Liberals will have the legitimacy of having won the support of the public. His remarks coincide with a wave of polls in the Sunday papers that confirm that the Conservatives hardly achieve its goal of achieving an absolute majority, which would leave the government formation in Clegg. However, and although there is some disparity of results,...   Read More »

Nintendo wants to hunt players

26/04/2010 10:28:26  (Comenta la noticia)

Nintendo's obsession to prove to the world that the wii isn't just a toy has gone so far this spring. Distribution agreements reached with Capcom and Rising Star to sell Monster Hunter Tri and No More Heroes 2 is the clearest example. Nintendo already ...   Read More »

Gunning for Final glory

26/04/2010 12:10:16  (Comenta la noticia)

Arsenal defender Gilly Flaherty has vowed to use what she feels is unjust criticism aimed at the Gunners as extra motivation to help her side to FA Women’s Cup glory on Bank Holiday Monday. Arsenal take on Everton in next week’s showpiece ...   Read More »