Ye Hualiang, an inheritor of the Wuling ox horn carving technique, works on an ox horn comb in Wuling Town of Binyang County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2025. The Wuling ...

The decorative artistry and intricate carvings on this Revolutionary War powder horn aren’t the only things that make it special. The horn was owned by African-American soldier Gershom Prince and ...

WHAT: A carved rhinoceros horn from 17th century China that sold recently in a James D. Julia auction for $56,288 is called a scholar’s cup. At 5½ inches high and a little over 7 inches wide, it is ...

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International auction house Bonhams has canceled an upcoming sale of rhino products amid mounting pressure from environmental groups, it was announced Friday. The auction, which was due to take place ...

British auction house Bonhams has been heavily criticised by conservation groups for holding an upcoming sale of a collection of rhino horn carvings. Bidding for the 21-lot collection, titled ...

A Berkshire Eagle reader presented a mystery: What did his ancestor carve on a powder horn in 1776? Before we consider what Benjamin Markham, of Tyringham, carved, we might clear up two other ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute is reaching out to hunters to help revitalize the endangered art of Tlingit mountain goat horn spoon carving. Davina Cole is the art project coordinator at Sealaska ...

Most antiques raise no ethical issues beyond routine fair-business practices: The seller must be honest in advertising and describing the merchandise, and the buyer must negotiate in good faith and ...

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