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Boston — RR Auction's September Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts an extraordinary selection of over 900 items, with a special focus on Hollywood, classical music, and icons of history.
Los Angeles – Offering nearly 100 personal items including rare, signature fashion pieces, such as lace gloves and the only two collars being made available to the public, Bonhams is pleased to announce its second and final auction from the collection of the late U.S. Supreme Court…
London – The mysterious and violent death of the English landscape painter Daniel Egerton in a Mexican village in 1842 – the body of his 19-year-old eight-month pregnant mistress Alice by his side – was as scandal ridden as his life. There was no shortage of possible culprits. Opportunistic…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions' poster sale held on August 20th, 2022 was a wall-to-wall success. When the hammer fell silent for the last time, 47 lots made $750-$1,499; 22 lots scored $1,500-$3,999; and seven lots broke the $4,000 mark. All prices noted include the company's 20% buyer's…
Philadelphia — Freeman’s September 21 Books and Manuscripts auction, the inaugural sale of the Fall 2022 season, is led by an extremely rare first edition of New Englands First Fruits (estimate: $20,000-30,000), a 1643 account of Puritan evangelization in New England. The first copy to be offered…
New York – Christie’s is honored to continue its historic sales of the library of the leading antiquarian book dealer of his generation with the most important private holding of books, manuscripts and other material related to perhaps the most important American author of the 19th century. The…
Boston – The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is making its much-anticipated return to the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston from November 11-13, 2022. The 44th Boston Book Fair is the annual fall gathering for book lovers and collectors, featuring the top selection of…
Berkeley, CA — On September 8, 2022, PBA Galleries will host a sale with 107 lots of rare, valuable, important, and profoundly interesting material in all fields. These range from a first edition of the King James Bible to the foundation of Game Theory, with classics from Homer, Aristotle, Virgil…
Columbus, OH – This fall, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) will premiere Wild Things are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak. It will be the first major retrospective of Sendak since his death in 2012, and the largest and most complete exhibition of one of the most celebrated and…
London — A previously unknown sketchbook of watercolours and pencil drawings relating to the California Gold Rush and the famous Forty Niners has sold at auction on August 4 for £20,000 ($24,100; including buyers premium).
