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Freeman’s | Hindman will bring a unique piece of American and French history to the auction block…
Scripts from the personal library of the late American director-producer Stanley Kramer will go…
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A significant autograph letter signed by Sigmund Freud, in which he declares his pacifist ideals while expressing skepticism about the effectiveness of non-violence, has sold for $31,625 at RR Auction.
Goldin's July Pop Culture Elite Auction features more than 100 comic books including various first appearance issues, with many graded CGC 9.6 and above. Highlights include: * * the beginning of the Silver Age of Comics with the origin and first appearance of Flash in Showcase #4,…
Details are emerging about the debut of Firsts Hong Kong, a new book fair which will be held for the first time December 6 -8 this year. Organisers say that Firsts Hong Kong will bring the former China in Print fair under the Firsts umbrella and will be held in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum at…
Heritage Auctions’ July 12-13 Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction will feature a mint-condition 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson, a gem-mint Michael Jordan Fleer rookie card, and a gem-mint chrome rookie card signed by a young Bryce Harper.
In 1936, three years out of high school and working from her home darkroom on Prospect Avenue in Princeton, Elizabeth Menzies (1915-2003) sold her first cover photograph to the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW). That photo and many others went uncredited. The back sides of the prints document an…
A collection of material belonging to West Side Story Oscar winner George Chakiris comes to Heritage Auctions on July 25-26 featuring the actor’s scripts, movie, artwork, Golden Globe trophy, Oscar nomination plaque, and Bernardo’s leather wristband.
The impact German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer had on European art is the focus of the latest exhibition at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, running through September 23.
Two autograph manuscript calligraphic poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, his notes on Elvish languages of Middle-earth, and 21 related letters to British composer Donald Swann from the 1960s will go under the hammer at Sotheby's on July 11.
Images captured by photographer David Bailey at Live Aid in 1985 go under the hammer at Sworders later this month. The 13 images, signed by the artists themselves, were chosen at the time for a benefit auction.
The National Archives in Washington, DC has announced its new rotating exhibit, Road to Revolution, featuring a selection of records that document major milestones in the journey from colonial resistance to American independence and the experiences of the nation's founding generation.
