Before I preview what's coming up in the salerooms this week, just a few notable results from last week. At Bonhams, the Jesse James letter sold for $212,575, the Jane Austen letter set a new
Heritage Auction Galleries
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:
On Wednesday, October 23, Bonhams New Yorks sells Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Dodge Family Autograph Collection, Natural History, Travel and Americana, in 323 lots. A very rare
Lots of action in the auction rooms this week, with a number of sales focused on photographs:
Yesterday Doyle New York held an online sale of
On Tuesday, September 17, Bonhams New York holds The Air and Space Sale, in 156 lots. Expected to lead the way is a rare vintage test model of the Sputnik-1 satellite, at $400,000–600,000. A significant collection of more than 1,300
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
On Wednesday, Dominic Winter Auctioneers sells Printed Books, Maps & Documents, in 410 lots. The top-estimated lot is a copy of the 1527 Giunta edition of the
A quartet of sales I'll be watching this week:
On Wednesday, September 4, Heritage Auctions sells The Maurice Car Collection of Arts and Sciences Featuring Rare Books and Manuscripts, in 243 lots. A
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:
Doyle New York holds an online sale of Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson, ending on Tuesday, August 13. The 365 lots include a copy of the 1866 Little, Brown edition of Izaak Walton's
Well, we've had some pretty interesting responses to my open request
earlier this week for movies that have had something to do with paper,
the only stipulation being that they have some basis in fact. For those
who need to be brought up to speed on what's going on, here's the link to my column. I will present the
