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As the third and final part of Peter Jackson’s epic film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit reaches the final stages of production, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions offer Tolkien fans the world over the opportunity to buy a first edition of the original book, The Hobbit, or, There and…
New York—On Tuesday, April 8, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction devoted to Printed & Manuscript Americana that offers a wide range of material, from Thomas Jefferson’s Act Establishing a Mint to an archive relat
Philadelphia, PA—March 18, 2014—Freeman’s April 10 auction of Rare Books & Manuscripts features an outstanding collection of autographs from the collection of Moe Septee, founder of the Philly Pops Orchestra. Janice Joplin, Rudolph Nureyev, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas,…
A collection of TE Lawrence’s letters and books and an archive of previously unseen papers about the 1917 Arab Revolt written by Lawrence of Arabia’s superior officer and close friend, Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Francis Newcombe, made a total of £192,000 at Bonhams sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts…
New York—Serious map collectors and geography buffs alike will find something to pique their interest in a special sale of rare maps from the dealer Kenneth Nebenzahl, Inc., at Christie’s New York on April 1. After more than 55 years in the business as a leading scholar and dealer in the fields of…
NEW YORK—On Thursday, February 27 Swann Galleries auctioned more than 180 photographic images and books from The Library of Bill Diodato, along with 90 Fine Photographs from other consigners, in a sale that brought in nearly $1 million.
The British Library has acquired two rare manuscripts, preventing them from leaving the UK.
NEW YORK—Several of the top lots in Swann Galleries’ February 25 auction of Vintage Posters were dazzling Art Nouveau beauties by Alphonse Mucha—a few of which set new auction records.
BENTONVILLE, Ark.—Works by Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, and Henri Matisse will debut at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on March 15, as the museum hosts The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism. The temporary exhibition, organized by The Museum of Modern Art in New…
New York—On February 13, Swann Galleries conducted an auction devoted to works by African-American artists active in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
