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Highlights of Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books auction…
The National Archives has announced that it will temporarily loan more than 30 historic documents,…
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A first edition of The Lord of the Rings signed by JRR Tolkien in Elvish Tengwar script will go under the hammer at Forum Auctions' Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper sale on September 25.
Christie's will hold its Photographs online sale from September 25 through October 10 featuring items such as rare vintage prints by Edward Weston, Tina Modotti and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, post-war photographs by Diane Arbus, Peter Beard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, and contemporary highlights by…
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
A tiny Qur’an displayed in a dolls’ house for many years will go under the hammer at at Hansons Auctioneers on September 27 with an estimate of £2,000-£3,000.An octagonal book with 16 lines of text per page - some encased in a gold border - over 300 pages dates from the late 18th to early 19th…
Amsterdam's Fine & Rare Book Fair opens at the city's historic Zuiderkerk church on September 27, running through September 28. Organised by the Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren (Dutch Association of Antiquarian Booksellers), more than 40 dealers from around Europe will offer a…
Western County Histories including the scarce Yolo county history from 1879, early California promotional pamphlets, Mormon material, and Zane Grey angling tales all feature in PBA Galleries' Western Americana with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers and Anglers sale on September 25.Highlights…
Muhammad Ali's draft card which was issued the day the Louisville Kentucky Draft Board ordered him to appear for induction will go under the hammer at a single-lot online auction at Christie's running October 10-28, and with an estimate of $3m-$5m.
A collection of more than 250 historic Bibles, prayer books and other religious works assembled over half a century will be offered in 80 lots at Chorley’s on September 23.
Handwritten works by Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton plus a landmark Nicolaus Copernicus volume and an Edgar Allan Poe letter lead RR Auction’s annual Remarkable Rarities event on September 20.
National Trust Cymru has opened Not Lost in Translation, an exhibition hosted at the Welsh Senedd parliament building that celebrates Welsh literature and language.
