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What Sotheby’s describes as "the greatest collection of letters and documents relating to Vice-…
The British Library is has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Bate as its new Chief Executive,…
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A first edition of Wuthering Heights together with Agnes Grey has sold at Christie’s London for £1,206,500 in its live The Exceptional Sale: Masterworks Across Cultures auction setting a new world auction record by Emily Brontë.
An important cache of Margaret Thatcher documents including previously unseen letters held by her fellow 1975 leadership contender Edward du Cann come up for sale at Gorringe's on July 7. The items, which have an estimate of £100,000, come from the family of Edward du Cann who stepped…
The July 8 Valuable Books and Manuscripts sale at Christie's will feature a pair of 1912 Albert Einstein letters documenting crucial stages in the development of general relativity, and a vellum copy of Richard Pynson's 1520 Sarum Missal.
Photography was established as a Pulitzer category in 1942, then divided in 1968 into Feature Photography honoring in-depth visual storytelling and Breaking News Photography which recognizes powerful images captured during unfolding events.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
Material spanning three centuries of American history will go under the hammer tommorrow at a Freeman's single-owner auction featuring rare newspapers, pamphlets, books, and ephemera tracing the development of printing and publishing in Philadelphia.The first paper mill in America was established…
A special summer bumper edition of our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors:Bookbindings: An Illustrated History by David PearsonAnother masterpiece from Pearson, author of many books on books including Speaking Volumes, this highly illustrated…
A music manuscript of songs written on board ship during the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-42 captained by U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes has been acquired by The Library of Congress.The Ex. Ex. – as the scientific military expedition was informally called – mapped 1,500 miles of…
Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions opens tomorrow at The Morgan Library & Museum exploring the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its enduring source of inspiration for modern artists.
RR Auction's Spirit of '76: America's 250th Anniversary Auction celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States featuring 76 lots of original manuscripts and artifacts associated with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander…
