Auctions

Birch-bark pattern books
Ricky Jay’s collection, Mark Twain’s typewriter, and Franco-Prussian War mail: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week - it's a busy one!
The vintage circa 1983 felt tip signature "Stephen Hawking" by the English theoretical physicist.
Stephen Hawking Autograph Sells for $18,813
A Stephen Hawking autograph has sold for $18,813, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
Archive known as ‘The Telephone Cases
Early Telephone and AT&T Archive Material to Auction
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s famous invention, the telephone.
The Codex Sassoon
Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Set to Fetch $50 Million at Auction
Sotheby's will bring the Codex Sassoon - the earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible extant, dating to the late ninth century - to auction in May.
Detail of Tintin en Amérique by Hergé (aka Georges Remi). Indian ink and gouache on paper for the cover of the 1942 edition. Estimate: €2,200,000 – 3,200,000.
Original Drawing for Tintin in America Cover Sold for $2.3m
Artcurial has auctioned Hergé’s original drawing for the 1942 cover of the album 
Presentation copy of Ulysses
Monet Letter, another Kelmscott Chaucer, inscribed Roald Dahls: Auction Preview
At Chiswick Auctions on Tuesday, February 14, Autographs & Memorabilia, in 398 lots. Rating the top estimate is a pair of boxing trunks worn by Muhammed Ali during his final match in December,…
abigail adams battle letter
Abigail Adams’ Lexington and Concord Battles Letter Sells For $107,000
An Abigail Adams letter discussing the Battles of Lexington and Concord sold for $106,998, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The Victoria Cross signatures book
Autograph Book Signed by 128 Victoria Cross War Heroes to Auction
An extraordinary book of  signatures of 128 Victoria Cross war heroes discovered at a free antiques valuation event will be offered by Hansons Auctio
Detail of Tintin en Amérique by Hergé (aka Georges Remi). Indian ink and gouache on paper for the cover of the 1942 edition. Estimate: €2,200,000 – 3,200,000.
Hergé's Tintin, plus Yslaire, and Uderzo Illustrations to Auction
The original drawing for the cover of the 1942 edition of Tintin in America
Die Kunstismen/ Les Ismes de l’Art/The Isms of Art by El Lissitzky and Hans Arp
Mencken, Novello, and Johnson’s Dictionary in Francis Dobo Library Sale
The AntiquarianAuctions.com sale includes over 200 lots of selected material on a wide range of subjects, opening with a group of 36 lots from the lib