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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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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.
Never-before-seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe, her annotated scripts, and her handwritten recipes are among items going under the hammer at Julien's Auctions' June 4 sale.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will mark the longevity of a classic picture book hero with its Under the Cork Tree: The Story of Ferdinand exhibition opening tomorrow.On view through November 8, it explores the origins of the legendary bull who did not want to fight. Organized by guest…
A series of free public exhibitions focusing on creative and intellectual expression in the literary arts and print culture has been announced by Yale's Beinecke Library.
Highlights from Swann Galleries' Important Signed Photographs from a California Family Collection auction being held today include:Leo TolstoyPhotograph dated Dune 27, 1900, and signed "Lev Tolstoy" in Cyrillic characters, vignetted cabinet card bust portrait by Scherer and Nabholz
One of the strengths of the Archives and Special Collections Library at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, is English and American Literature, especially the work of women authors, writes Ronald Patkus, Vassar’s Head of Special Collections and College Historian.
More than 155 items related to Benjamin Franklin including printed ephemera, books, letters, newspapers, almanacs, and manuscripts will go under the hammer next month at the Sotheby’s The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin sale.
Unique Friends scripts and photo album will go under the hammer on June 5 at Heritage Auctions to raise money for The Matthew Perry Foundation.Highlights will include:
Timed to mark the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth on June 1, Heritage Auctions' sale The Marilyn Monroe Collection from the Estate of Norman and Hedda Rosten will offer part of her personal archive unseen for more than six decades.
Real stories of World War Two codebreaking and James Bond posters and ephemera will go under the hammer in the May 18-28 Bonhams online sale Espionage: Fact and Fiction. Highlights of the sale include:
