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One of only seven copies of J. K. Rowling's handwritten and illustrated manuscripts of The Tales of Beedle the Bard sold at Sotheby's yesterday for £368,750 ($467,317) to an anonymous phone bidder. This copy had been personally inscribed for British publisher Barry Cunningham, who made publishing…
New York— “Prices are stronger than they have been in years,” said Caleb Kiffer, Specialist of Maps & Atlases at Swann Auction Galleries.
Bidding is currently open for the Tom Gregory collection of signed Hollywood photographs at RR Auction. The collection is considered the finest ever assembled. Online bidding continues through Thursday, December 15.
Festive news from Oxford today: a long-lost song by English composer George Butterworth has been found in the Bodleian Libraries. The three-page score sets to music a poem by Robert Bridges, beginning with the words, "Crown winter with green," and speaking of "This good Yuletide." To celebrate this…
December 2016, Boston, MA - Everyone loves ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, the iconic reality series entering its 21st season!
BOSTON, MA - (December 8, 16) A drill chuck used by Commander Dave Scott on the lunar surface during his three historic moonwalks of the Apollo 15 mission sold for $49,000 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The Apollo Lunar Surface Drill was a necessary piece of equipment for two of…
DALLAS — Frenzied bidding drove the return on a Hand-Carved American Tobacconist Cigar Store Indian to $150,000 to claim top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ Americana & Political Auction Dec. 3 in Dallas, Texas that realized a combined $1,783,252.
On 13th December, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale over 40 original illustrations by leading artists, designers, and musicians to benefit House of Illustration.
The pieces offered for sale fall into a number of different sections including “What Are You Like?” (autobiographical drawings by…
NEW YORK - One of the rarest of all Enigma Machines, the M4, designed for use by the German Navy during World War II, was sold today (7 December) for $463,500 at Bonhams History of Science and Technology Sale in New York. This is a world record price at auction for an M4 Enigma surpassing the…
