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This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections…
A special festive selection of items related to Christmas from various dealers:* Robert Frost, a…
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York, PA – Black History Month, observed annually in February, recognizes the African-American struggle for freedom and key events that empowered the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of Black History Month and the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Hake’s will open its February 24-25…
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New York — The Artists of the WPA were on display in Swann Galleries’ Thursday, February 4 auction. The multi-departmental sale was headed by Harold Porcher, the house’s director of Modern and Post-War Art, and featured paintings, prints, photographs, posters and related ephemera by artists whose…
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers sells Printed Books & Documents, Maps, Decorative Prints & Watercolours, Military & Aviation History on Wednesday, February 17, in 424 lots. The lots here are mostly in the mid-three-figure range (£, that is), with a number of large shelf lots being…
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On January 30, the New York Academy of Medicine hosted this year's Bibliography Week Lecture on manuscript cookbooks with speaker Stephen Schmidt, the principal researcher and writer for The Manuscript Cookbooks Survey and a co-creator of its website. In case you missed it--and want to try pickled…
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Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired the Aramont Library, a collection of rare books from some of the most prolific authors and artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The gift by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous marks the first time the Aramont Library has been made…
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London — The handwritten journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby, British Consul on Zanzibar, recording his strenuous attempts to put a stop to the business of slavery in the Sultanate, and his success in securing freedom for thousands of individual slaves sold for £56,500 at Bonhams Travel and…
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Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions' late January gambling sale launched the auction year in the best way possible, with nearly a 98% sell through rate overall. When the hammer fell for the last time, 63 lots realized $750-2,000; 15 lots made $2,001-$9,999; and two lots broke the five figure…
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New York — Fine Books & Autographs are on the block at Swann Galleries on Thursday, February 25. The sale will offer a premier selection of manuscripts, documents, correspondence and more by significant figures throughout history and pop culture, as well as rare first editions and art books…
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Boston — RR Auction's February presidential sale honors America's esteemed commanders-in-chief: from the nation's founding to modern times, these are the leaders who have guided the United States through times of war and peace. Their lives and legacies are embodied in these nearly 300 items with…
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New York – Christie’s is honored to present one the most important collections of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books to have appeared at auction: the collection of Elaine and Alexandre P. Rosenberg, which includes 17 outstanding Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and over 200…