Auctions

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr signed their autographs at Buckingham Palace on October 26 1965.
Beatles Autographs Signed the Day They Received MBEs Sold for £7,400
The set was bought by a lifelong Beatles fan from Staff
Hypnerotomachia in a binding for Jean Grolier
Bibliotheca Brookeriana, Shakespeare First Folio, and Fortsasiana
At Chiswick Auctions on Monday, October 9, 490 lots of Autographs & Memorabilia, including a signed 1964 Beatles promo photograph (£5,000–7,000), a 1933 Einstein letter to the provost of Oriel…
Albert Einstein, typed letter signed, to Melanie Serbu. 9 October 1928.
Einstein-Serbu Correspondence to Auction
At the age of 19, young Romanian Melanie Serbu struck up a 20-year correspondence with Albert Einstein.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection: Lot 32: Juan Rufo, La Austriada, Madrid, first edition, 1584. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000; Lot 18: Pedro de Espinosa, Primera Parte de las Flores de Poetas Ilustres de España, Dividida en los Libros, first edition, Valladolid, 1605. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Works on the History of Psychiatry to Auction at Swann
The fall Early Printed Books auction at Swann Galleries on October 12 will feature lots from three important collectors, including more from Ken Rapoport, as well as works on the history of…
Marilyn Monroe's contract
Marilyn Monroe's First Film Contract and Columbus’s 'Discovery' Letter at Christie's
Christie’s is presenting its Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, online October 5-19, featuring significant books and manuscripts.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, signed autograph letter to author James Barrie (1860-1937) with envelope, and accompanying crayon drawing by then-Princess Elizabeth of York, later Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain. Estimate $3,000-$5,000.
Queen Mother Letter to James Barrie Featuring Queen Elizabeth II Drawing to Auction
Early Chaucer folios, Samuel Pepys’ diary, a 1652 Don Quixote, plus letters and photos signed by British royals will feature in Everard Auctions' October 19 ‘Th
Illustration from Maria Sibylla Merian
Women’s Suffrage Collection and a Pennyroyal Caxton Bible: Auction Preview
On Tuesday, October 3, the Christie's New York sale A Century of Art: Photographs from the Gerald Fineberg Collection will close: the 113 lots include August Sander's Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt (…
Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh went for £60,480
Dozens of Records Set for Books by James Baldwin, P.G. Wodehouse, and Evelyn Waugh at Charlie Watts Sale
The Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone two-
Six packs of 18th century cards, sold for £5,000
Rare Playing Cards, Medieval Prayer Book, and John Gould Lead Tennants Sale
An outstanding private collection of ten lots of playing cards has sold for a total hammer price of £14,040 in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants
Lot 49 The Hound of the Baskervilles goes under the hammer
Two World Auction Records Set for Books by Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle
Two world auction records for books by Agatha Christie and