Francis Bacon’s masterpiece Triptych Inspired By The Oresteia Of Aeschylus is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction A Francis Bacon masterpiece was unveiled at Sotheby’s in London yesterday The painting is expected to fetch well in excess of £46million in New York in May Bacon painted the piece in 1981, and depicts his … Read more
Rare fully-functional Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 when it goes up for auction in Boston next week alongside a Macintosh PowerBook signed by Steve Jobs and a ‘Think different’ watch The Apple-1 machine was the first product sold by the Apple Computer company Once a museum piece, the unit being sold has been … Read more
An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by NASA … Read more
There are emerging fears that the coronavirus outbreak could spark a global economic crisis after China’s manufacturing sector plunged further than expected this month. An official survey showing the plunge added to mounting evidence of the vast cost of the disease that emerged in central China in December. The monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) issued … Read more