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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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Amsterdam — 2020 saw the continued development of the Catawiki Autographs and Manuscripts auction. This has grown into a weekly auction, offering a wide range of original documents and signed items.
We are starting the year with some beautiful offerings. Alongside the (now traditional) leaves from…
Paris — The latest publication of Les Enluminures focuses on the Veneto Siddur-Sefer Minhagim, a Hebrew manuscript newly attributed to the artist-scribe Joel ben Simeon, made for a Jewish immigrant family from Germany probably living in Treviso. Joel ben Simeon (active c. 1440s-c. 1490) is one of…
AntiquarianAuctions.com in the U.S., sale #5: a wide-ranging sale, including a shell-book selection from the library of Richard I. Johnson; fine bindings; calligraphic material; sculpture: George Washington, and Sigmund Freud; wood printing blocks; photo albums: Atomic Power in Italy in one, an…
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 700+ lot sale to be held on Saturday, January 30th starting at 10am CST. Given current public health regulations, the event will be held online and live streamed from the company's gallery. All
Items from the estate of the legendary British conductor and composer Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), a Grammy-winning recording artist and scholarly revivalist of 16th and 17th century baroque operas, will come up for bid in a live and online auction slated for Saturday, January 16th, by Ripley…
New York — Swann Galleries closed out 2020 with a marathon sale of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on Thursday, December 17. “92% of the 405 lots hammered down, with about a third above estimate, participation numbers which exhibit a very interested, willing, and…
Boston — An F. Scott Fitzgerald handwritten letter to a fan in Princeton, NJ, will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction.
The four-page handwritten letter, undated, circa late 1920, to "Mr. Fitzgerald," replying to commentary on This Side of Paradise, in which the protagonist 'Amory Blaine' was…
Boston — RR Auction's first sale of the New Year is led by leaders: icons of the Civil Rights movement, political powerhouses, and social activists that brought about positive change with online bidding through January 13.
Highlights include remarkable letters by Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther…
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced an auction of Fine Literature – Science Fiction & Mystery on January 7th, 2021. Offerings will include over 450 lots of fine literature, science fiction and mystery books. Section One comprises a wide variety of modern literature (with some earlier works…
Westport, CT – A four-page manuscript consisting of nearly 2,300 words written entirely in the hand of English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, a World War II-dated letter written in English by Albert Einstein in which he reveals that Nazi leaders didn’t give much thought to his Theory of…
