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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
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Berkshire, England — The public will be offered an amazing opportunity to obtain a piece of important space history when Dreweatts auctioneers holds an exciting sale of Space Exploration Photography and Ephemera on March 17, 2021. This landmark sale is to include more than 600 photographs…
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Los Angeles – A scarce copy of 20 Hrs. 40 Mins., one of only 150 signed by Amelia Earhart, was auctioned Thursday night for $10,938 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions.
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Beloit, Wisconsin – Beloit Auction & Realty, one of the country’s most respected full-service auction companies has announced The Columbus Museum & Chicago 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) Online Auction. Honoring the legacy of Christopher Columbus, the online auction will…
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Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired more than 200 sketches of the Rodney King police brutality trials against four Los Angeles police officers in the 1990s, drawn by courtroom sketch artist Mary Chaney (1927-2005). Rodney Glen King (1965-2012) was an unarmed African-American…
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Henley-on-Thames, England — Jonkers Rare Books is delighted to announce a new catalogue of rare books devoted to Nineteenth Century Literature. The selection, almost the entirety of which is new to stock and acquired during the the last twelve months of lockdowns and disruptions, includes fine…
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Brooklyn, NY — We are delighted to announce the fifth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, a cash award of $1000 for an outstanding book collection built by a woman aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the United States.
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New York –– The 83rd Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International slated for Sunday, March 14th features masterpieces and rarities from a century of poster design. Top artists include Cappiello, Cassandre, Mucha, and Toulouse-Lautrec. All 500 lots will be on view to the public February…
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London — The Lindisfarne Gospels, the most spectacular surviving manuscript from Anglo-Saxon England, will go on display in the North East on loan from the British Library in 2022. The manuscript will feature in a high profile exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, with a supporting…
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Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is excited to announce its upcoming Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale to be held on Saturday, March 13th, starting at 10am, CDT. Given current regulations, this sale will be streamed live from Potter & Potter's gallery and held on www.potterauctions.com.…
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Wilton, CT – An exceptional handwritten four-page presidential address signed by Thomas Jefferson and directed to the Cherokee Nation in 1806, a spectacular one-page document written and signed by Albert Einstein regarding his theories on gravity and relativity, and a two-page letter…