Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
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Monday, June 19, 2006
Klimt's 'Golden Adele' sold for record 135 million dollars
Klimt's 'Golden Adele' sold for record 135 million dollars after being restored after a legal wrangle to the heirs of Adele Bloch-Bauer after her Jewish family was forced to flee the Nazis. For a nice picture of the painting, see this article. The painting, along with four other Klimt works, will be presented by New York's Neue Gallerie beginning July 13.
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