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The National Maritime Museum has opened a display to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth this week Including manuscripts relating to her youngest brothers Francis and Charles Austen, examining Jane’s connections to the Royal Navy and the influence her brothers had in her works.
RR Auction's music-focused December sale features a range of signed albums and historic documents including a rare one-page autograph letter signed “Leonard” written March 31, 1967, from Buffalo, New York, to Cohen’s girlfriend and muse Marianne Ihlen.
Five years ago at the age of 70 when the pandemic forced the cancellation of his many shows, veteran show promoter Marvin Getman championed the concept of virtual book fairs and virtual antiques shows.
Leading Bonhams’ 'white glove' Spencer Tracy: Collection of a Screen Icon auction was an advance issue presentation copy of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway which soared to more than 55 times its estimate when it sold for $83,050.
Coinciding with the recent publication of Charlie Mackesy's second book Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm, Bonhams will hold a special auction of new works by the artist.
The second installment of Stories from the Library opens on December 13 when visitors will be able to enjoy rarely seen materials from across The Huntington Library's collections including Octavia E. Butler’s notebooks and the first schoolbook printed in California.
J.R.R. Tolkien's desk which he used while working at Merton College in Oxford has been sold today for £330,200 at Christie’s after spirited bidding, making more than six times its £50,000 low estimate.The late 19th century roll-top mahogany and satinwood desk is one of only two desks known to have…
The Victor Gulotta Collection of H. G. Wells is one of two major private collections offered at Heritage Auctions' December 15 Rare Books Auction.
The final letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution will go on public exhibition in Perth Museum in Scotland next year.At 2am on February 8, 1587, Mary penned what is believed to be her last letter, writing to her brother-in-law in France to put her affairs in order. Her execution…
Heritage Auctions is offering Frank Frazetta’s Conan the Conqueror (Berserker) as the leading lot today in its Hollywood & Entertainment auction.
