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Paris – One of the most important scientific autographs ever offered at auction: a 54-page manuscript written jointly by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso sold €11,656,560 / £9,803,667/ $13,156,521, quadrupling its pre-sale estimate, realising a new world auction for any science manuscript and the…
London – There was a time not so long ago when the Collected Works of Charles Dickens, like the Bible and Shakespeare, could be found on the shelves of most homes across Britain. But looking at such forbidding leather-bound volumes, it’s easy to forget that many of Dickens’ full-length novels…
Paris – On November 22, 2021, the Rare Books and Manuscripts auction realised a total of €5,277,625/ £4,438,709 / $5,956,748 more than three times the low presale estimate and selling 97% by value. The sale attracted bidders from all over the world (registered bidders from 38 countries) and…
Salt Lake City, UT — A collection of rare and historic letters, books, documents, and art relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church) is available for purchase, with artifacts valued at 3.2 million dollars.
The G. Ralph Bailey collection offers insight into the history…
Cincinnati, OH – A renowned Civil War collection, singular historical memorabilia, photographs and manuscripts drove strong prices across two days of American Historical Ephemera and Photography at Hindman Auctions. The November 12th Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca auction achieved over $…
Colorado Springs, CO — CABS-Minnesota has announced that it is currently accepting applications for its Diverse Voices Fellowship program. CABS-Minnesota seeks to build a cohort of five fellows who are interested in learning more about the antiquarian and rare book trade and who have found…
Newbury, Berkshire, England — The address book of one of the most important British female writers Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was one of the many pieces in high demand in Dreweatts two-day sale of the contents of Weston Hall, family seat of the illustrious Sitwell family for more than 300…
New York — Yesterday in a much-anticipated, live auction at Sotheby’s New York, an extremely rare copy of the First Printing of the Final Text of the United States Constitution sold for $43.2 million – more than double its $20 million high estimate and setting a world auction record for any book,…
Cincinnati, OH – On November 15, Hindman Auctions sold one of the earliest photographic portraits taken in America as part of a collection of photographs that realized an impressive $300,000. The archive was purchased by a midwestern museum. Offered in The Henry Fitz Jr. Archive of Photographic…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — An intriguing signature written by legendary escape artist Harry Houdini when he performed in the Huddersfield Hippodrome is coming up for sale in Tennants Auctioneers’ Toys, Models and Collectables Sale on 15th December.
