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Top Scientist Behind Historic 1969 Moon Landing Finally Honoured
Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo 11s historic moon landing in 1969.
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Spanish Police Recover Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth Over $5 Million
Spanish police said on today they had recovered a painting by the late Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, worth an estimated 5 million euros ($5.42 million), and one of five stolen from a Madrid home in 2015.
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Francis Bacon's Portrait Sells For $ $27.7 Million At Sotheby's Auction
A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby's spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of contemporary art auctions that grossed $234.6 million.
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Microsoft Co-Founder's Art Collection Likely To Sell For $ 1 Billion
The 150 works, to be sold Wednesday and Thursday at Christie's Manhattan headquarters, trace over 500 years of art history, from Botticelli and Canaletto to Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, via Claude Monet, Francis Bacon and Edward Hopper
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Newly Seen Francis Bacon Paintings Fetch 30 Million Pound in London
Two self-portraits by Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, never seen before in public, sold for 30 million pound at a London sale on Wednesday, months after being rediscovered in a private collection.
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Top 10 Most Expensive Art Sold at Auction
Following new auction records set in New York on Monday here are the top 10 most expensive pieces of art sold under the hammer.
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UK man jailed for robbing Indian-origin mistress
A British businessman was today jailed for 20 months for hiring a gang of thieves to rob his Indian-origin mistress in London.
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Francis Bacon work fetches USD 44.9 million in New York
A Francis Bacon painting of a man and his reflection brought in USD 44.9 million at Sotheby's in New York, capping a week of breathtaking sales in the luxury art market.
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Lady Gaga's Video Inspired By Surrealism
Lady Gaga's new single 'Born This Way' has been inspired by surrealist painters Salvador Dali and Francis Bacon.
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Top Scientist Behind Historic 1969 Moon Landing Finally Honoured
Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo 11s historic moon landing in 1969.
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Spanish Police Recover Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth Over $5 Million
Spanish police said on today they had recovered a painting by the late Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, worth an estimated 5 million euros ($5.42 million), and one of five stolen from a Madrid home in 2015.
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Francis Bacon's Portrait Sells For $ $27.7 Million At Sotheby's Auction
A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby's spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of contemporary art auctions that grossed $234.6 million.
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Microsoft Co-Founder's Art Collection Likely To Sell For $ 1 Billion
The 150 works, to be sold Wednesday and Thursday at Christie's Manhattan headquarters, trace over 500 years of art history, from Botticelli and Canaletto to Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, via Claude Monet, Francis Bacon and Edward Hopper
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Newly Seen Francis Bacon Paintings Fetch 30 Million Pound in London
Two self-portraits by Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, never seen before in public, sold for 30 million pound at a London sale on Wednesday, months after being rediscovered in a private collection.
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Top 10 Most Expensive Art Sold at Auction
Following new auction records set in New York on Monday here are the top 10 most expensive pieces of art sold under the hammer.
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UK man jailed for robbing Indian-origin mistress
A British businessman was today jailed for 20 months for hiring a gang of thieves to rob his Indian-origin mistress in London.
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Francis Bacon work fetches USD 44.9 million in New York
A Francis Bacon painting of a man and his reflection brought in USD 44.9 million at Sotheby's in New York, capping a week of breathtaking sales in the luxury art market.
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Lady Gaga's Video Inspired By Surrealism
Lady Gaga's new single 'Born This Way' has been inspired by surrealist painters Salvador Dali and Francis Bacon.
