The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition Treasured which opens today features a range of the most fascinating books, manuscripts and items in its collections, including works by Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and JRR Tolkien.Running through October 26 at the Weston Library in Oxford, it focuses on the…

The only known photographs of mathematician and early computer programmer Ada Lovelace will go under the hammer next week at Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts online sale.

A green leather portfolio, believed to have housed the documents relating to the Louisiana Purchase and exhibited only once before in the United States nearly two decades ago, goes on public view at Sotheby’s New York today until June 11.It is being showcased alongside other Napoleonic treasures…

The British Library has acquired five exceptional medieval manuscripts from the private library at Longleat House, providing fresh insight into Jewish-Christian relations, the administration of a medieval town, theological debates, and medieval devotional art.

Going on show during Art Basel later this month is Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books' new exhibition Timeless Couture: The Art of Dress in Medieval Manuscripts.

RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II and Military sale focuses on the closing chapter of World War II with documents chronicling the surrender of Nazi Germany and the formal end of the conflict.

A 1994 Fleer Marvel Masterpieces No. 115 Spider-Man original trading card artwork, preliminary sketch, and PSA 10 card by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt topped Heritage Auctions’ Deadcode’s Debut Release Trading Cards and Original Art auction when it sold for $81,250.

The Morgan Library & Museum exhibition schedules for 2026 includes displays featuring artworks from its collections that explores how stories shape our world, drawings by the poet John Ashbery, a look at photographer Peter Hujar through his contact sheets, and an exploration of the origins of…

Bernard Quaritch's May New Acquisitions list is a curated selection of 32 freshly catalogued items. "Amongst them you will find works on duelling, drawing, and dowries for spinsters; translations by painters, prodigies, poets, and priests; annotated grammars, histories, and armorials; as well as a…

On Wednesday, June 4, University Archives sells 524 lots of Rare Autographs, Books & Space Memorabilia, including six volumes of Cicero from Thomas Jefferson's library ($150,000–200,000) and a huge collection of more than 48,000 nineteenth- and twentieth century art prints ($90,000–150,000). A…