The historic John Brown House in Akron, Ohio was built in 1830 and was originally occupied by one of Akron’s wealthiest residents, Gen. Simon Perkins. In 1844, the house was rented to John Brown and his family who were moving to Akron to form a business partnership in the wool trade. This partnership was to […]

In 2017, the Republic of Turkey filed a lawsuit in federal court against auction house Christie’s and billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt for the return of an allegedly looted female figurine dating to the Chalcolithic era. The female idol is distinctive of works produced in the ceramic workshops of Kiliya in Western Anatolia between 3000 and […]