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Miami, FL—Boxes, a comprehensive tool for organizing your belongings, buying and selling with others, announces the official launch of Boxes 2. Set to go live in the App Store in July 2015. Boxes 2 follows the steps of the original Boxes, while improving user experience with a brand new design. The…
Western Manuscripts & Miniatures
Wednesday 8th July 2015
Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London
Sale Total £706,837
77 Lots sold
100 Lots offered
77% Sold by lot
Dr Timothy Bolton commented after the sale: “We’re delighted with today’s result and our growing department is eager to build on these…
BOSTON, MA—A typed letter from Jack Kerouac to his literary agent will be featured in an upcoming auction from Boston, based RR Auction.
The typed one-page letter signed twice, “Jack (over)” and “JK,” dated September 27, 1968. Letter to literary agent Sterling Lord in New York concerning the…
New York—Summer is in full swing and bright images are out in force for Swann Galleries’ largest August auction of Vintage Posters to date.
New York, NY, July 6, 2015—In July 1918, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was serving as a volunteer with the Red Cross on the Italian Front during World War I when he was seriously wounded by mortar fire. He was just eighteen.
Later he would write, “When you go to war as a boy you have a great…
Buyers from around the globe bid furiously for the chance to acquire rare Hebrew Manuscripts at Kestenbaum & Company’s Fine Judaica auction held on June 25th. Tremendous interest and competitive bidding drove hammer prices exponentially beyond their catalogue estimates. The stellar sale results…
LONDON, Maddox Street—Napoleonic and Georgian satire was in high demand and making top prices in Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale on Thursday 25th June. The packed-out Maddox Street saleroom saw competitive bidders pushing prices to new record heights, with 98% of the lots selling for a total of £320,000…
A most remarkable item of historical importance is coming up on auction, particularly because of the 1916 Easter Rising commemorations which are planned for next year in Ireland.
Lot 2 - Casement, [Sir] Roger: Autograph letter in manuscript, signed by Roger Casement, expressing strong views on…
Letters About Literature, a Library of Congress national reading and writing program that asks young people in grades 4 through 12 to write to an author (living or deceased) about how his or her book affected their lives, has announced its 2015 winners.
