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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Dallas, TX – Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s Beat-up Boy, Football Hero, which appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 21, 1914, sold Friday for $4.12 million, shattering the previous world record for a work by the influential illustrator.
Another jam-packed week of auctions coming up. Here's what I'll be watching:
Sharing today a one-hour presentation on Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius (Venice, 1610) in which Nick Wilding, professor of history at Georgia State University, and Jason W. Dean, vice president for special collections at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, discuss intriguing recent…
London — A collection of unseen letters, drawings, work permits and photos relating to The Beatles time in Hamburg in 1962 and their relationship with Astrid Kirchherr achieved spectacular results at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale, Knightsbridge on 5 May.
All of the 17-lot Collection…
Readers of John Berendt’s 1994 bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will no doubt recognize the rare sculpture headed to auction at Freeman’s on June 6.
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced an auction of Fine Golf Books & Memorabilia to be held on May 13th, 2021. The catalogue includes over 340 lots on the storied game of golf from its origins in Scotland to its current state across the fairways of the world. Lots include signed…
The latest issue of Strand magazine features a previously unpublished Raymond Chandler article discovered in a shoebox at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. The humorous and progressive article, entitled "Advice to a Secretary," reveals Chandler's contempt for grammarians and his discomfort…
Dallas, TX – One of the most iconic and important pinup images ever created, Alberto Vargas Mara Corday, True Girl, February 1952, sold for $100,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ April 30 Illustration Art auction to $2,297,692 in total sales.
Washington, DC — Edited by Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, LIVING NATIONS, LIVING WORDS: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry is a powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. The new anthology is published by W. W. Norton…
Last week, the New York Society Library opened its new exhibit, Black Literature Matters, “inspired by our contemporary moment,” and guest curated by Farah Jasmine Griffin, the William B. Ransford Professor of English and African-American Studies at Columbia University.
