5 November 2013
“Aztec Warrior”, Lalo Ugalde
It was a bad decision on my part, but when I was finishing up the manuscript for what became
Gods, Gachupines and Gringos, I unwisely let some English teacher unknown to me, have a copy of the manuscript for what I thought was a bit of polishing and grammar checking. Whether that foreign English teacher in Chihuahua thought his role was in all this, I have no idea, but he took it upon himself to attack my inclusion of homosexuals among the many diverse forms of humanity in what I saw as a much more culturally and ethnically diverse society than is popularly assumed. Multiculturalism, and cultural appropriation is nothing new, and the creation of new cultural norms is nothing new.
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Stack’s Bowers Rings in New Year With Monumental 2021 Ancient & World Coins Auction
Continuing a series of exceptionally impressive sales,
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce the results of their most recent January auction, an officially sanctioned auction of the 2021
New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). Containing 3,690 lots spread across ancient coins and world coins, tokens, medals, and currency, this sale realized a total of over $8.43 million – well surpassing the median pre-sale estimate of $7.24 million – and featured a total sell-through rate of 94%.
While the sale was held in
California and not the usual New York Convention venue, participation was extremely robust. The firm’s online capabilities, such as the recently acquired
The production of black truffles (
Tuber melanosporum), one of the -most high-value products in the world market, only began to expand in Argentina in the last decade. One of the pioneering companies in its cultivation in the country was Trufas del Nuevo Mundo from Buenos Aires.
The company has more than 50 hectares of black truffle production forests in the south of the province of Buenos Aires, in Espartillar. The company exports this precious mushroom to Spain and France, and it s getting ready to arrive in the United States and the UK.
Trufas del Nuevo Mundo expects to produce 2,000 kilograms of truffles per year by 2024. A considerable amount, considering that a kilo of black truffles costs more than 1,500 euro in the international market.