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What Sotheby’s describes as "the greatest collection of letters and documents relating to Vice-…
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Items from the comprehensive Kenneth Grahame collection of rare book dealer David J. Holmes will go under the hammer at Swann Galleries' Illustration Art auction tomorrow (June 18).
A Christie's auction on June 18 will focus on the major library at the Château de Tournay which was once the home of Voltaire.
John Steinbeck and James Fenimore Cooper handwritten manuscripts are going under the hammer alongside a major private holding of presidential material at Bonhams.The Documenting America sale featuring highlights from the Louise Taper Collection runs through June 23 featuring:
Handwritten lyrics, signed albums, and original artwork from Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan all feature in this month's Marvels of Modern Music online sale at RR Auction.
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.
Living with Nature is the latest exhibition presented by Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books in Basel and explores the dialogue between humans and their natural environment through almost a millennium of manuscript production.
Sotheby’s Book Week this month includes a standalone auction on June 24 marking the most significant collection of Benjamin Franklin material to appear on the market in more than a century.
A total of 34 high-grade Golden Age comic books, most recovered by the FBI after they were stolen from a Portland, Oregon collector, will go on sale on June 15 at MyComicShop.com.Collector James Strand died alone in his home in July 2023 just before his 88th birthday, and thieves swiftly ransacked…
A 1950 letter signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to French leader Charles de Gaulle has sold for $50,908 at RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII sale.The two-page typed letter, written on Churchill’s Chartwell letterhead and dated August 22, 1950, thanks de…
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, the Berkley Collection presents The Declaration of Independence: Long Trail to Liberty at The Grey Art Museum at New York University telling the story of the troubled relationship between the British government and its colonies.
