dianamt54 Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 The small town of New Iberia LA has had a statue of Hardian from 127 BC. It was in the Iberia Bank for 40 years. The bank is being sold and the statue is being sent to Christies in New York. Link to article No where in the article does it say where it came from. Even if they don't know where it came from they could have said that. What is making some of the citizens of New Iberia is the bank is selling the statue and the shareholders will get the money, not the town. I was in New Iberia last week, but was a day short of seeing the statue put in the shipping crate. It is amazying to me that this little town in the middle of no where has this statue. Should the statue be sold at Christies or sold to a museum. Sould the town people get a share of the money or the shareholders of the bank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) The small town of New Iberia LA has had a statue of Hardian from 127 BC. It was in the Iberia Bank for 40 years. The bank is being sold and the statue is being sent to Christies in New York. Link to article No where in the article does it say where it came from. Even if they don't know where it came from they could have said that. What is making some of the citizens of New Iberia is the bank is selling the statue and the shareholders will get the money, not the town. I was in New Iberia last week, but was a day short of seeing the statue put in the shipping crate. It is amazying to me that this little town in the middle of no where has this statue. Should the statue be sold at Christies or sold to a museum. Sould the town people get a share of the money or the shareholders of the bank! Salve, D From The Independent, Hadrian waltz out of New Iberia: "... The 7-foot-tall, full length statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian... Carved in 127 A.D. ... the statue is the only extant full length portrait of the emperor in the United States. It was removed from Rome in 1820 by the 4th Earl of Darnley, and brought to Coban Hall in Kent, England. From there, it came into the possession of New Orleans collector Wilson J. Raker, until it was sold at auction by Sothby and Co. in 1957. IberiaBank purchased the statue for $3,000. Its worth today is speculated anywhere from $300,000 to nearly $1 million... New Iberia historian Paul Schwing, at first the statue was inside the bank. Edited July 9, 2008 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianamt54 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thank you so much! Since I am not from the area, I didn't get a chance to look up other places. It seems my in-laws knew about the statue, but didn't know where it came from. I got a kick out of this person who wrote to the paper: Brian wrote on Jul 7, 2008 1:05 PM: " Just wondering if any of you super religious folks knew the following:Hadrian was in fact, a gay man. While on a tour of the empire in Egypt, Hadrian's younger male lover drowned in the river Nile. Hadrian then declared an empire wide state of mourning. How's them apples religious right? " I wrote back and said it doesn't matter who the statue is about, it is from Rome, 127 AD! Do you think it should be auctioned off? Given or Sold back to Rome, but not the money going to the banksharholders, but to the people, or given to a museum, like LSU? Or just give it to me! haha Thank you again! The small town of New Iberia LA has had a statue of Hadrian from 127 BC. It was in the Iberia Bank for 40 years. The bank is being sold and the statue is being sent to Christies in New York. Link to article No where in the article does it say where it came from. Even if they don't know where it came from they could have said that. What is making some of the citizens of New Iberia is the bank is selling the statue and the shareholders will get the money, not the town. I was in New Iberia last week, but was a day short of seeing the statue put in the shipping crate. It is amazying to me that this little town in the middle of no where has this statue. Should the statue be sold at Christies or sold to a museum. Sould the town people get a share of the money or the shareholders of the bank! Salve, D From The Independent, Hadrian waltz out of New Iberia: "... The 7-foot-tall, full length statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian... Carved in 127 A.D. ... the statue is the only extant full length portrait of the emperor in the United States. It was removed from Rome in 1820 by the 4th Earl of Darnley, and brought to Coban Hall in Kent, England. From there, it came into the possession of New Orleans collector Wilson J. Raker, until it was sold at auction by Sothby and Co. in 1957. IberiaBank purchased the statue for $3,000. Its worth today is speculated anywhere from $300,000 to nearly $1 million... New Iberia historian Paul Schwing, at first the statue was inside the bank. "When they first put it up outside, it was facing the Baptist Church... The ancient statue lost one of his fingers during that time as well. "That's when they put him under glass," By Mary Tutwiler Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Some tourist information sites state the statue arrived at 1961. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 "Brian" seems to be more religious than tolerant. Do you think it should be auctioned off? Given or Sold back to Rome, but not the money going to the banksharholders, but to the people, or given to a museum, like LSU? Or just give it to me! hahaThank you again! Christies plans to auction this piece at early 2009. For better or for worse, business is crystal clear; Bank of Iberia owned the statue, Christies bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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