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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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SEATTLE — Vintage Memorabilia, a global dealer in authentic original autographs, letters, photographs, manuscripts, and historic memorabilia, will auction the first extensive archive of investigative evidence ever released in connection with the gruesome 1959 murders of the Herbert Clutter family…
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Canterbury Cathedral and the University have joined forces in a bid to prevent a unique historic collection of several thousand manuscripts, early books, and pamphlets being broken up.The Mendham Collection, which is owned by the Law Society of England and Wales, contains about 5,000 invaluable…
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This August 17th and 18th, Holabird-Kagin Americana will hold the 2012 Hot August Auction, another world-class sale of Western Americana numismatics and collectibles at the Atlantis Casino Resort. The sale is expected to gross approximately $2.3 million in sales of museum quality artifacts mostly…
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Dallas, TX--The Dallas International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, the largest and most important fine art show in the Southwest, will feature an exciting roster of more than 80 international exhibitors when it makes its return to Dallas November 8-12, 2012. The highly anticipated show has…
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SAN MARINO, Calif.—Some of the deepest, most wrenching complexities of the American Civil War will be examined this fall as The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens presents a pair of exhibitions that will bring to light rare photographs and manuscripts from The Huntington’s…
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BEVERLY HILLS - The multi-million dollar Doug Schmell/PedigreeComics.com Collection, featuring the single greatest grouping of Silver Age Marvel CGC #1 Registry sets ever assembled, will form the centerpiece of the vintage comic book offerings in Heritage Auctions July 26 Vintage Comics & Comic…
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(Baltimore, Md.) - Art, jewelry and antique aficionados will not only get to see some of the world’s most extraordinary collections from more than 575 international dealers, but they'll also have the opportunity to attend lectures presented by a stellar lineup of knowledgeable and respected…
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Glenn Horowitz Bookseller is pleased to announce Women: Sun-Stained Symbols, an exhibition of new work by Ryan McGinness. The show will open with a reception for the artist on Saturday, August 4th, from 6 to 8 pm, and will be on view through September 3rd.
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Philadelphia, PA, July 10, 2011. The Library Company of Philadelphia has digitized three rare albums that bring to life the world of African American women activists in antebellum Philadelphia. Purchased in part with funds provided by the William Penn Foundation, these albums make the Library…
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DALLAS, TX - The Dec. 27, 1904 letter on White House stationary in which President Teddy Roosevelt likely first used the words “atrocious hideousness” - a phrase that he used elsewhere at later dates - to describe America’s coinage will be sold as part of Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 2-3 Philadelphia U.…