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An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange…
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A Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington and sent to New York Governor George Clinton has sold for $45,375 at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.Dated June 10, 1779, the letter was written at Washington’s headquarters during the American response to a British offensive in…
The Worlds of Gertrude Stein exhibition at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin will examine the life and writing of Gertrude Stein.
A new statue of Herman Melville will be unveiled on Friday 14 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum as part of its Melville in Our Seaport Weekend running August 13-16.The four-day literary and cultural series will honor Melville’s enduring influence and New Bedford’s defining role in shaping his most-…
Highlights of Swann Galleries' LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History on August 13 include:* The Mattachine Society's copy of Howl and other Poems signed by Allen Ginsburg
A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp James McHenry is among the highlights of RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction which ends August 12.
Highlights of Heritage Auctions' August 11 Pulp, Paperback, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustration Art auction include:* The Eternal Enemy book cover study, acrylic on board, 1990Vincent Di Fate created the study as a near final preliminary step for the cover of The Eternal Enemy by Michael…
In the year marking the 125th anniversary of Marlene Dietrich’s birth, Rare Books Berlin is dedicating a special exhibition to the artist in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen.
I’ve sold four books to AI companies which added $439 to my gross sales before online commissions were subtracted, writes Scott Brown from Downtown Brown Books.
A collection of Type 1 photographs from the personal collection of longtime official photographer of the San Francisco 49ers Michael Zagaris will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction running August 21-23.The 27-lot Michael Zagaris Collection features…
The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5m grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major project that will expand access to the Morgan's collection of medieval and Renaissance religious manuscripts through a new…
