Bulgarian Antique

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Bulgarian police have handed the remnants of three ancient necklaces to the country’s most important museum after seizing the artifacts from smugglers who looted them from archaeological sites. Police gave the artifacts to the National Museum of History in Sofia, whose collection is among the largest in the Balkans. The museum’s […]

MUNICH, Germany – Hermann Historica‘s week of auctions, held between May 6-12, delivered clear and unquestionable success. The 3,500 lots were particularly well received by the numerous buyers, making this May auction series a resounding triumph.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A U.S. museum has returned a valuable 1,000-year-old Christian manuscript to a monastery in northern Greece it was looted from by Bulgarian forces more than a century ago, together with hundreds of other documents and artifacts.