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The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will…
The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
A typescript of Bob Dylan's lyrics for "It's a Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" will be auctioned at Sotheby's London tomorrow.
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Ernest Hemingway Green Hills of Africa Published: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935 Edition: First Edition
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From 2-5 December 2015 Sotheby’s New York will present the single-owner sale of Property from the Collection of Robert S Pirie, one of
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New York—On Thursday, October 15, Swann Galleries’ Photographs & Photobooks department will offer Icons & Images: Fine & Vernacular Photographs, featuring portraits by Sally Mann and Irving Penn, geometric and
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Dr. James H. Billington announced today that he will retire as the 13th Librarian of Congress on Sept. 30. "It has been the great honor and joy of my life to lead the Library of Congress for 28 of my 42 years of public service in Washington," Billington stated. "I am grateful to God for the…
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Boston, MA, September 24, 2015—ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, PBS's most-watched ongoing series, returns on Monday, September 28 at a new fall time, 9/8c PM with all new episodes featuring a surprising scope of treasures!
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The Library of Congress today received as a gift from Saint John’s Abbey and University an Apostles Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, a work of art with more than 1,130 pages and 160 illuminations that reflect life in the modern era, measuring 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide when open. It is the first…
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New York—Swann Galleries’ September 15 auction of The Art Collection of Maya Angelou brought in nearly $1.3 million with just 44 lots, and set new records at auction for 14 individual artists.
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NEW YORK—The first recording contract ever signed by The Beatles, which put the Fab Four on a path that would change music history, sold for $93,750 during Heritage Auctions’ $1.3+ million weekend Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Auction Sept. 19-20 in New York.