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Christie's cancels sale of late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten's jewelry over Nazi links_我的网站

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一 |     Christie's has canceled the second auction of jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis, following "intense scrutiny," it said Friday. The auction house held a first controversial online and in-person sale in Geneva of part of the large stash of more than 700 jewels in May, and had been scheduled to hold a second round in November.But in a statement it said "Christie's has taken the decision not to proceed with further sales of property from the Estate of Heidi Horten."

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This photograph taken on May 8, 2023, shows Christie's international head of jewellery, Rahul Kadakia, speaking on his phone behind a display case of jewels during a press preview of the "World of Heidi Horten" sales in Geneva.                    FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty             
With just a portion of the collection sold, the auction eclipsed previous records set by Christie's in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the "Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence" collection in 2019, both of which exceeded $100 million.      Hopes had been high for similar results from the second round. But following an initial report in the New York Times, Christie's sent a statement to AFP confirming that it had canceled the second round, acknowledging that "the sale of the Heidi Horten jewelry collection has provoked intense scrutiny.""The reaction to it has deeply affected us and many others, and we will continue to reflect on it," it said.A large number of Jewish groups had asked Christie's to halt the initial Horten sale in May, describing it as "indecent" and demanding that the auction house do more to determine how much of it came from victims of the Nazis.                 The extraordinary collection belonged to Horten, who died last year aged 81 with a fortune of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes.A report published in January 2022 by historians commissioned by the Horten Foundation said Horten's husband Helmut Horten, who died in Switzerland in 1987, had been a member of the Nazi party before being expelled.
    
                                                     
    
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In 1936, three years after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, Horten took over textile company Alsberg, based in the western city of Duisburg, after its Jewish owners fled. He later took over several other shops that had belonged to Jewish owners before the war.Christie's in May defended its decision to go ahead with the sale, with Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia telling AFP that all of the proceeds would go towards charities.                      "Christie's separately is making a significant donation towards Holocaust research and education," he said at the time, stressing that the "proceeds of the sale is going to do good."                                  。    灵蛇协福          优悦飞扬          天水幼儿园迎新团拜会                    在这个“祥龙摆尾去，灵蛇纳福来”的美好时刻，既有对过往一年辛勤耕耘的感慨，也有对新一年满怀期待的喜悦。2025年1月21日，杭州市天水幼儿园“灵蛇协福 优悦飞扬”新春团拜会在天禾园区隆重举行。喜庆的氛围弥漫在每一个角落，一场欢乐的盛宴正式开启。         01          温暖致辞 回顾展望          在热情洋溢的迎新致辞中，胡嫣园长向全体教职工致以诚挚的感谢与新春的祝福。她对过去一年全体教职工的辛勤付出给予了高度肯定，并展望新的一年，期待大家继续携手并肩，砥砺前行，再创辉煌！                                                  随后，行政班子用最真挚的心意送上新年的祝福，希望大家在新的一年里，身体健康、平安喜乐、万事顺意。         02          精彩演绎 欢庆新春          两园区教职工精心准备的节目轮番上阵，一段段精彩纷呈、创意无限的节目表演为全场烘足了浓浓的新年气氛，引得全场笑声不断，拉近教职工之间彼此的距离。         天水园区的老师们首先带来开场舞蹈串烧《好汉歌&APT》，幽默搞笑与青春洋溢的风格巧妙融合，为大家来了无限欢乐与惊喜。

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