Cities increasingly specialise, and the availability of treasures for sale matters.
In front of a warehouse at South Fourth Street and Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn yesterday, there were thousands of treasures for sale to the highest bidder.
The fact that these public servants had no curatorial degrees did not deter them from rescuing hundreds of treasures for so many institutions, including the State Museum, which brought "Recovery: the World Trade Center Recovery Operation at Fresh Kills" to the Historical Society.
Blue Tree (1283 Madison Avenue, at 92nd), a mini department store full of treasures for that friend who's impossible to buy presents for, has lovely pewter paperweights in an assortment of snack-food styles, ranging from saltine to ice-cream sandwich ($12 to $55).
Despite the disasters that have befallen this collection throughout the centuries, the Armoury still contains plenty of treasures for ogling, and remains a highlight of any visit to the Kremlin.
"It's only around once a year, and you kind of treasure it for the time it's here".
It has also set up a kind of treasure hunt for visitors by marking other Olympic-related art throughout the display.
"The Stuff Of Dreams," on Thursday, examines the mythology of gold - from the legend of King Midas and the coffin of King Tut (made from more than 240 pounds of gold) to modern-day treasure hunters who seek out ancient tombs and the wrecks of treasure ships for a living.
The Met has placed nine of these treasures on display in special showcases in its first-floor Greek galleries, along with other works, and set up a kind of treasure hunt for visitors throughout the rest of the galleries by placing special markers next to other games-related art.
A more critical period never presented itself, nor had we ever a fairer opportunity of shewing our attachment to the illustrious house of Hanover, than the present, as his Majesty's deluded subjects in America are in open rebellion, and like unnatural children, wound their ever indulgent parent, forgetting the torrents of blood spilt, and heap of treasure expended for their preservation.
