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An extraordinary selection of rarities from one of the world’s most highly regarded single-author collections, the Winston S. Churchill Collection of Steve Forbes, is on sale at The Winter Show 2024, taking place at The Armoury New York.Offered by London-based rare book dealer Peter Harrington, the…
![STAMP ACT CRISIS [THE SONS OF LIBERTY – LAMB, John (?) (1735 ‐1800).] Autograph document signed (“Vox Populi”), [New York, October 23‐24 , 1765]. One page, 156 x 192mm., on laid paper. Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_listed_teaser_thumb_768x735_/public/media-images/2024-01/christies-stamp-act-placard-january-24.jpg?h=5f8dda7f&itok=13Z3RDJ6)
The top lot of the Christie’s Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana sale, The Stamp Act Defiance Placard, has been sold for $4,527,000.
Bibliophiles, literary enthusiasts, and scholars are gearing up for the much-anticipated Bibliography Week 2024, a week-long celebration of literary heritage, scheduled to take place this year January 22 - 27.
The top lot of Christie’s' Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana online auction features Andreas Vesalius’s own heavily annotated copy of the second edition of his groundbreaking anatomical atlas De humani corporis fabrica.
One of only two copies of The Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 graded CGC Near Mint/Mint 9.8 has realized a record-setting $1,380,000 at Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art sale.The book, which appeared on newsstands in March 1963 seven months after Peter Parker and his alter-ego debuted in Amazing…
Costumes and props from HBO's Succession television series made a total of $627,825 at Heritage Auction's dedicated auction, led by Roman Roy’s eulogy that went undelivered at his father Logan’s funeral in the series’ penultimate episode, Church and State.The eulogy was written across three pink…
A private collection comprising the signatures of every one of Britain’s Prime Ministers comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions in February. The assemblage of documents, letters, clipped signatures and photographs is expected to bring £9,000-£12,000 as part of a designated timed online sale of…
Sun Yat-sen's hand-annotated typed manuscript titled How China Was Made a Republic has been auctioned for $75,625 by Boston-based RR Auction. This important artifact provides unique insights into the thoughts of the founding father and first president of the Republic of China.
The National Library of Scotland has added the last piece to its collection of Broons annuals.Library curators have been searching for the elusive 1939 first edition for at least a decade, only for a copy to appear on a bookseller’s website a few months ago.
Items from the estate of the English actor John Pertwee (1919-96) come up for sale at Chiswick Auctions in February. They include original manuscripts and photographs relating to his best-known roles in Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge and the long-running BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark. Pertwee…
