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The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has acquired a second tranche of papers of the poet Paul…
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A rare original pen and ink drawing of Babar in a presentation copy of Le Voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff is among the highlights of Bonhams’ Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on November 20 in London.
The Gordon Lightfoot Estate Collection Music Memorabilia sale held by Heritage Auctions on November 17 will celebrate the legacy of the popular Canadian singer-songwriter who died last year.
San Francisco Center for the Book is presenting the first-ever survey of artist and graphic designer David King’s small press publications, zines, ephemera, and early design projects in its new exhibition David King Publications 1977–2019.
A hand-annotated map of the Bay of Pigs invasion signed by Fidel Castro is among the highlights of RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale which also pays tribute to President John F. Kennedy.
The recent Bonhams auction Elegance of the Eternal: The Collection of Anne Rice featured more than 200 objects from the home and personal library of the prolific supernatural and Gothic historical fiction writer.
Freeman’s | Hindman’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana auction later this month features around 350 lots of works of Americana and Natural History.
A public sculpture of the poet John Keats has been unveiled this week close to his birthplace on Moorgate in the City of London on what would have been his 229th birthday.Keats was the son of an ostler at a City inn and livery stable called The Swan and Hoop, which stood a few dozen yards south of…
Curator Dr. Robinson McClellan has uncovered a previously unknown waltz written in the hand of Frédéric Chopin in The Morgan Library & Museum’s collection, the first discovery of an unknown work by Chopin since the late 1930s.
Heritage Auctions’ sale of Christine Farrell’s collection of DC Comics titles plus original works of art has beaten its estimates by making $5,261,617.“Christine’s journey to gather these iconic comics has gifted us not only a legendary collection but also a moment to celebrate the rich legacy of…
The rare 1626 large wall map of the Nordic countries Orbis Arctoi Nova et Accurata Delineatio comes to auction online at Stockholms Auktionsverk on December 10–11.The map, measuring approximately 2m x 3m, symbolizes the rising power of the Swedish Empire during the reign of King Gustavus Adolphus.…
