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A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced…
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related…
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An archive of personal letters and writings by Henry Miller as well as his favorite blue bathrobe and paintings, goes under the hammer at Guernsey's this week.
Swann's Illustration Art auction returns on December 14 featuring artwork published in a wide variety of magazines and books, as well as work from calendars, posters, costume and fashion design, cartoons, and more.
An official menu from the state banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, commemorating the first state visit of Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of Pakistan to China, has been auctioned for $275,000 at Boston-based RR Auction.
An apparently unpublished account of a journey made by two Englishmen across colonial North America has sold for £30,000 at Chiswick Auctions in London. Joseph Cator (1733-1818) and Joseph Sparkes had spent four months travelling by horse and carriage from ‘Charles Town’ to Boston accompanied by…
Stockholms Auktionsverk's upcoming auction features more than 300 items dating back to the 15th century including maps, travelogues, and numerous titles focusing on the wonders of cooking from the collection of Inga-Lill Skoog.A total of 86 items from her library on the theme of food and husbandry…
Charles William Pressler and A.B. Langermann’s 1879 Map of the State of Texas, one of the most significant and rarest maps of Texas ever printed, is regarded as the first truly accurate map of Texas.This the sole copy in a private collection - there are only three known copies - sold for $705,…
A new exhibition will explore the lasting influence of Geoffrey Chaucer and chart the influcence of the unconventional poet known as the ‘Father of English Literature’ from his earliest known manuscripts up to present-day interpretations of his work.
The Raab Collection has discovered and is offering for sale a previously unknown and defining statement in the hand of Albert Einstein in which the world-renowned scientist reveals the real reason to pursue learning and knowledge is for its own sake: “The greatest value of knowledge lies in…
Sotheby’s is offering an exceedingly rare piece of Jane Austen history, a copy of Isaac D'Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature, a popular work from the late 18th and early 19th century containing anecdotes about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of…
RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music auction features more than 250 items including Led Zeppelin autographs, art by Bob Dylan, and Jim Morrison's handwritten lyrics for The Doors' song L'America.
