Antique brass globe and an old clock - Aris Suwanmalee G/Shutterstock Old, sepia-toned globes seem to be a hallmark of higher learning. That they end up in so many ancient libraries surrounded by ...

Last year, a Welsh woman bought a globe for £150 ($199) at an antique fair. This week, it sold for 770 times that at auction. The globe, believed to be one of the oldest objects of its kind to hit the ...

The ancient Greeks figured out that Earth was round in about 500 B.C. But the oldest surviving globe showing our planet was made in 1492 by Martin Behaim of Germany. The first globe to show America ...

Last month, a buyer realized that a drawing that he bought for $30 USD at an estate sale is worth up to $50m USD. Similarly, a Welsh woman just sold an antique globe she bought last year for $199 USD ...

Q: Is it possible to repair a cracked snow globe? A: A broken snow globe is not easy to mend, but if you have an antique or sentimentally valuable piece, it may be worthwhile to enlist the help of a ...

The quirks and wonders of a rare antique globe dating back to the reign of Elizabeth I will be on full view to the public after the artefact was painstakingly moved to a new display. Adorned with ...

Federal magistrate judge Gerald Cohn has stepped foot on the summit of Mt. Sinai in Egypt at sunrise, the spot where two of the world’s great religions — Christianity and Judaism — hold that Moses ...