{"id":295499,"date":"2021-11-14T01:16:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=295499"},"modified":"2021-11-14T01:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:16:36","slug":"australian-media-mogul-pays-15-million-for-a-514-year-old-prayerbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=295499","title":{"rendered":"Australian media mogul pays $15 million for a 514-year-old prayerbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2>Australian media mogul pays $15 million for a 514-year-old prayerbook that was stolen by Adolf Hitler during World War II<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">The Rothschild Prayerbook was created in the 16th century and used for private worship<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">It was <a href=\"https:\/\/search.usa.gov\/search?affiliate=usagov&amp;query=purchased\">purchased<\/a> by Channel Seven chairman Kerry Stokes this year<\/font><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">The prayerbook will take its place in his private collection in Perth, WA<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">Soon it will go on a tour of the east coast to Canberra and Melbourne<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section mol-para-with-font byline-plain\">By   <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  18:28 BST, 7 September 2014  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  19:45 BST, 7 September 2014  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<ul> <b><u> <\/p>\n<li class=\"share-facebook-long\"><\/li>\n<p><\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-flipboard\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-fbmessenger\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <\/li>\n<p> &lt;li data-anchor=&quot;tl&quot; data-twitter-status=&quot; website via @MailOnline&quot; data-formatted-headline=&quot;Australian media mogul pays $15 million for a 514-year-old prayerbook&quot; data-hide-email=&quot;true&quot; data-article-id=&quot;2746949&quot; data-article-channel-follow-button=&quot;MailOnline&quot; data-is-channel=&quot;false&quot; id=&quot;shareLinkTop&quot; class=&quot;share-icons&quot; data-placement=&quot;top&quot; website  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- ad: website --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">A 514-year-old book which contains 67 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Lacquer paintings on the wall<\/a> created by some of the most talented Renaissance artists <\/font><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">has been purchased for more than $15 million by Channel Seven chairman Kerry Stokes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The Rothschild Prayerbook, also known as a Book of Hours, was once owned by a European banking family, the Rothschilds, and was taken from them by Adolf Hitler in 1938 when Austria was invaded by the Nazis.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Each page of the prayerbook &#8211; which was created in the 16th century and used for private worship &#8211; is made of animal skin and lined with gold leafing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">It is not known who commissioned it to be made or how four pages of it went missing.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-2b31805df9d3a44e\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Channel Seven chairman Kerry Stokes purchased the 514-year-old book for $15.5 million\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Channel Seven chairman Kerry Stokes purchased the 514-year-old book for $15.5 million<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-5e16d25df161e295\" height=\"351\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Rothschild Prayerbook contains 67 paintings done by some of the most talented Renaissance artists\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Rothschild Prayerbook contains 67 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Paintings to worship the dead ancestors<\/a> done by some of the most talented Renaissance artists<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">When Hilter took the prayerbook from the Rothschilds, he stored it in the Nazi vaults with other pieces of priceless art works until it was moved to the Vienna Library, presumably because he thought it would be safer there.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">After the fall of the Nazis, the library refused to return the prayerbook to the Rothschilds.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The family waged a 60-year battle with the Austrian government to get it back.<font style=\"font-size: 0.9em\"><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/b> <\/p>\n<h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">In 1999, it was finally returned to its rightful owners, according <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Paintings to worship the dead ancestors<\/a> Channel Seven&#8217;s .<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The book then went under the hammer at a Christie&#8217;s auction months later in England and was purchased by an anonymous buyer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The prayerbook was not to be seen for another 15 years.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-2b33a07fffede44e\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The prayerbook was created in the 16th century and used for private worship\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The prayerbook was created in the 16th century and used for private worship<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-2a2f79304f62440f\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\" alt=\"It is not known how four pages of the book went missing but it was once owned by Adolf Hitler\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It is not known how four pages of the book went missing but it was once owned by Adolf Hitler<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodiesfeed.com\/page\/1\/197\" alt=\"iStock Image\" style=\"max-width:440px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px\"> <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">But then in 2014, it re-appeared at another Christie&#8217;s auction at New York City&#8217;s Rockefeller Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian media mogul pays $15 million for a 514-year-old prayerbook that was stolen 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