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New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
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Costumes and props from HBO's Succession television series made a total of $627,825 at Heritage Auction's dedicated auction, led by Roman Roy’s eulogy that went undelivered at his father Logan’s funeral in the series’ penultimate episode, Church and State.The eulogy was written across three pink…
On Wednesday, January 17 at Christie's New York, 155 lots of Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana. Expected to lead the way is one of just two known copies of a manuscript placard hung in New York in October 1765 in defiance of the Stamp Act; the other copy is in the UK National Archives. Michael…
A private collection comprising the signatures of every one of Britain’s Prime Ministers comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions in February. The assemblage of documents, letters, clipped signatures and photographs is expected to bring £9,000-£12,000 as part of a designated timed online sale of…
Sun Yat-sen's hand-annotated typed manuscript titled How China Was Made a Republic has been auctioned for $75,625 by Boston-based RR Auction. This important artifact provides unique insights into the thoughts of the founding father and first president of the Republic of China.
The National Library of Scotland has added the last piece to its collection of Broons annuals.Library curators have been searching for the elusive 1939 first edition for at least a decade, only for a copy to appear on a bookseller’s website a few months ago.
Items from the estate of the English actor John Pertwee (1919-96) come up for sale at Chiswick Auctions in February. They include original manuscripts and photographs relating to his best-known roles in Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge and the long-running BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark. Pertwee…
The California International Antiquarian Book Fair sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) makes its in-person return to San Francisco February 9-11 at Pier 27 (cruise ship terminal).
Hindman has announced that it will continue to expand its national footprint by merging with Philadelphia-based Freeman’s. With a combined six salerooms and 18 regional offices across the country, the new Freeman’s | Hindman stand to have the largest coast-to-coast presence of any auction…
Sotheby’s will offer a one-of-a-kind item linked to the history of modern mass communication: the earliest posted envelope using a prepaid stamp. The unique piece of philatelic history – a Mulready letter-sheet combined with a Penny Black stamp – contains the first-ever methods of…
A new exhibition opening later this month will be the first time the Freud Museum will explore the phenomenal impact of Sigmund Freud in Latin America. While Freudian psychoanalysis is often considered a European practice, its impact in Latin America has arguably been the most dramatic. In the…
