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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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Unseen photos from Bournemouth’s 1910 International Aviation Meeting, during which Rolls-Royce co-founder Charles Rolls plunged to his death when his plane broke up mid-air, go under the hammer with Richard Winterton Auctioneers on November 6. The Edwardian album documenting one of Britain’s…
The Epistola de insulis nuper inventis, the earliest obtainable edition of Christopher Columbus’s letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella announcing his “discovery” of the American continent, has been sold for $3,922,000, 392 percent of its low estimate.
A new exhibition will showcase the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts bearing spells from the Book of the Dead.The objects in 'The Egyptian Book of the Dead' exhibition, which originally belonged to the burials of eight individuals, are all drawn from the Getty Museum…
Early printings, illustrated books, Presidential autographs, and a Poe thriller go under the hammer at Quinn’s Rare Book, Autograph and Print Auction on October 26. The scientific and historical section includes several volumes on American exploration. A complete set of the Pacific Railroad…
Celebrations of the centenary of the publication of Le Diable au corps by Raymond Radiguet continue on November 22 when Christie's Rare Books and Manuscripts sale in Paris will the auction the autograph manuscript of Radiguet who died at the age of 20 of typhoid.
A major new exhibition at the British Museum will look at what it was like to be in one of the most elite fighting forces of all time. Objects include letters written on papyri by soldiers from Roman Egypt and the Vindolanda tablets, some of the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain,…
Potter & Potter Auctions’ Vintage Posters Sale on November 10 will feature important vintage to antique posters in categories including travel and destinations, advertising, entertainment, propaganda, and modern design.
An extremely rare George Taylor autographed document, dating back to December 6, 1774, has fetched $24,079 at auction, according to Boston-based RR Auction.George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence representing Pennsylvania, was a foreign-born patriot who started life as an…
A possibly unique pair of portrait photographs of the young Edward VIII when Prince of Wales has sold at Chiswick Auctions for £10,625. The buyer was a private collector based in America. It was thought they were once owned by the English socialite Freda Dudley Ward, who had a…
Bonhams Skinner will close out October with a sale which features important works of Americana, rare books and manuscripts.
