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An 'Inauguration' Bible used by Jackie Kennedy to select verses to be read at her husband John F. Kennedy’s funeral has been sold for $162,500 at Heritage Auction's April 26-27 Americana & Political Signature sale.
On Tuesday, April 30, 205 lots of Angling, Big Game Hunting, Firearms at New England Book Auctions. Lots include the 1899 publication Great and Small Game of Africa (1899), edited by H.A. Bryden and estimated at $600–900; L.L. Fenton's The Rifle in India (1923), expected to sell for $500–700; and…
The napkin on which the first promise of a contract was written to secure the 13-year-old Lionel Messi for FC Barcelona goes under the hammer at Bonhams next month.It changed the fortunes of both the club and Messi himself who went on to become one of the greatest players of all time. The original…
During an action day supported by Europol in Georgia and Latvia, four Georgians suspected of stealing antique and rare books from libraries across Europe have been taken into custody. In total, the criminal group is believed to be responsible for the theft of at least 170 books, causing financial…
A selection of rare objects commemorating bibliophile, printer and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin feature in the April 30 Freeman's | Hindman American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts sale.
The Library of Congress has acquired the collection of manuscripts, instruments, costumes, video and audio recordings from the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet and its non-profit organization Kronos Performing Arts Association.
Isaac Newton's manuscript on alchemy A Key to Snyders will be offered at Bonhams’ Important Science, Philosophy & Alchemy sale running April 28 – May 7 with an estimate of $100,000 – $150,000. One of the historic Portsmouth Papers, it was last seen at auction in 1936.
Written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1849, an autograph manuscript version of his For Annie goes under the hammer at Sotheby's on June 26 with an estimate of $400,000 - $600,000.
Rare salt prints from the dawn of photography made by some of the earliest photographic practitioners are among the Bodleian deposit consisting of more than 1,000 items from the 19th and early 20th centuries made by The Wilson Centre for Photography in London.The outstanding collection of…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Richard Erdmann, proprietor of Mare Booksellers in New Hampshire:How did you get started in rare books?
