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Sutton House, a 500-year-old property in London's Hackney owned by the National Trust, was built for one of Henry VIII’s statesmen and over its lifetime it was home to different families and used for different purposes including a girls’ school in the 17th century.
Ending on Tuesday, July 16, the Freeman's | Hindman Summer Reading sale, in 230 lots. A first issue copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957) in a first state dust jacket is expected to sell for $1,200–1,800, while a copy of the second American (and first revised) edition of Ernest Hemingway's In…
Quaritch is now offering The Little Holland House Album … with an Introduction & Notes by John Christian, published for the Roxburghe Club.
The Bath Book Fair, in conjunction with the ABA, will be held at a new venue, Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, July 26 - 27. Highlights include: * IN WINTER & IN SUMMER YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL
A significant autograph letter signed by Sigmund Freud, in which he declares his pacifist ideals while expressing skepticism about the effectiveness of non-violence, has sold for $31,625 at RR Auction.
Goldin's July Pop Culture Elite Auction features more than 100 comic books including various first appearance issues, with many graded CGC 9.6 and above. Highlights include: * * the beginning of the Silver Age of Comics with the origin and first appearance of Flash in Showcase #4,…
Details are emerging about the debut of Firsts Hong Kong, a new book fair which will be held for the first time December 6 -8 this year. Organisers say that Firsts Hong Kong will bring the former China in Print fair under the Firsts umbrella and will be held in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum at…
Heritage Auctions’ July 12-13 Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction will feature a mint-condition 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson, a gem-mint Michael Jordan Fleer rookie card, and a gem-mint chrome rookie card signed by a young Bryce Harper.
In 1936, three years out of high school and working from her home darkroom on Prospect Avenue in Princeton, Elizabeth Menzies (1915-2003) sold her first cover photograph to the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW). That photo and many others went uncredited. The back sides of the prints document an…
A collection of material belonging to West Side Story Oscar winner George Chakiris comes to Heritage Auctions on July 25-26 featuring the actor’s scripts, movie, artwork, Golden Globe trophy, Oscar nomination plaque, and Bernardo’s leather wristband.
