15:19 Hermitage plans euro39 mil. Amsterdam branch
The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, which has one of the world's largest collections of art, announced a 39-million-euro (US$46.5 million) expansion of its small branch in downtown Amsterdam.

15:08 Treasures from the collection of Edmund Safra are being sold this week at Sotheby’s auction
The sale of works from one of the greatest private collections of the 20th century features the most important selection of works by Russian court jeweler Carl FabergÎ to be offered at auction in the past 25 years, according to Sotheby’s experts.