August 31, 2007 08:03amA DIAMOND-encrusted platinum skull by artist Damien Hirst has been sold to an investment group for the asking price of $122 million, a spokeswoman for Hirst’s London gallery White Cube has said.The skull, cast from a 35-year-old 18th century European man but retaining the original teeth, is coated with 8601 diamonds, including [...]
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Hirst’s diamond skull sells for $122 million
August 30, 2007Coin clue to shipwreck legend?
August 30, 2007A COIN found in a snake-infested swamp could help prove a century-old theory that a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia’s east coast years before Captain James Cook’s famed voyage of discovery. The find, made by an expedition led by self-funded Brisbane historian Greg Jeffreys, is the first piece of dated evidence among [...]
Diner swallows spoon-see the X-Ray
August 30, 2007December 31, 2006 12:00amArticle from: Font size: + -Send this article: Print EmailSOME people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth – but this patient literally got one lodged in her gullet.
The 26-year-old Sydney woman accidentally swallowed a teaspoon during a laughing fit while eating spaghetti.
She is understood to have gagged reflexively, but [...]
