Jane Austen’s House Museum in England is hoping a crowdsourcing appeal will safeguard one of the author’s letters from being sold into private hands.
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Rare Martin Luther Letter to go to Auction
Boston, MA - A rare handwritten letter by German theologist, monk and religious reformer Martin Luther will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction.
Cromwell Letter on First Victory in Battle Goes to Auction at Bonhams
The celebrated letter written 375 years ago by Oliver Cromwell in July 1643, after his first victorious encounter during the English Civil War at t
Romantic Hemingway Letter to Marlene Dietrich Tops Swann Galleries' Autographs Auction
New York—On Thursday, May 4, Swann Galleries will hold their biannual auction of Autographs, featuring personal snippets of the lives of important artists, musicians, politicians, scientists and writers.
- Read more about Incredible Austen Artifact at Auction
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As literary artifacts go, this one evokes childlike delight: an ivory cup-and-ball toy that once belonged to Jane Austen is headed to auction at Sotheby's London on December 13, where bids are expected in the £20,000-30,000 ($25,000-37,000) range.
- Read more about Early Mt. Rushmore Sketch at Auction
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In this, Mount Rushmore's 75th anniversary year, an interesting auction lot has surfaced in London: a manuscript letter written by the South Dakota landmark's sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, to his collaborator, Jesse Grove Tucker. The three-page letter, dated c. 1925-26, also contains a partial sketch showing only Washington's rock face. The Rushmore project officially began in 1927, and was finally completed in 1941, shortly after Borglum's death.
- Read more about Sneaky John Wilkes Booth Letter at Auction
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Five months before John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he penned a letter to J. D. Burch, the son of a Maryland innkeeper, regarding something he left behind with a stagecoach driver. Booth is cryptic about what exactly the item is, writing, "You know what I had to take from my carpet-bag. It's not worth more than $15, but I will give him $20 rather than lose it, as it has saved my life two or three times."
