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The last known portrait of the famous English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to be sold at Bonhams sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs in London on 12 November. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000.
The pencil portrait was drawn from life at Highgate in the…
BOSTON, MA—October 24, 2013—Skinner, Inc. achieved exceptional results from its small but robust auction of Fine Judaica on October 3rd. The auction, featuring 178 lots, grossed a total of $660,439.70. Drawing buyers from around the world, this sale underscored Skinner as a leading auctioneer of…
New York—Swann Galleries’ autumn auction of Contemporary Art will be held on Thursday, November 14, and features examples of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Color Theory, Pop Art, collages and mobiles.
London—On 20 November 2013 the Christie’s London sale of Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books will be led by a previously unrecorded Book of Hours, illuminated throughout by the Master of Claude de France (estimate: £500,000 - 800,000). The selection of printed books dating from the 15th to 20th…
DALLAS—A hand-curated selection of historical images, from Roger Fenton’s 1858 Orientalist Suite, to modern fashion, including Helmut Newton’s Woman into Man, shot in 1979 for French Vogue, highlight Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 2 Photography Signature® Auction in Dallas.
An unparalleled archive of shipwreck images will be presented for sale at Sotheby’s London auction on 12th November 2013.
Kansas City, MO. Oct. 2013—The Kansas City-born photographer David Douglas Duncan, recognized internationally as one of the greatest photojournalists in the 20th century, has given The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 161 photographs. Two of the photographs were taken during the Korean War; all the…
A unique archive charting the wartime development of the jet engine by Sir Frank Whittle is to be sold at Bonhams sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs in London on 12 November. It is estimated at £20,000-30,000.
New York, NY—October 21, 2013—On November 22-24, Guernsey’s will be conducting the second of three auctions of the legendary Dr. Hans Sachs Poster Collection.
New York—On Tuesday, November 12, Swann Galleries will auction a choice selection of Early Printed, Medical & Scientific Books, featuring Bibles, incunabula, manuscripts and works on astronomy, chemistry an
