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Inscribed Books by JFK and Ernest Hemingway to Spencer Tracy to Auction
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Inscribed Books by JFK and Ernest Hemingway to Spencer Tracy to Auction
Bonhams' upcoming Spencer Tracy: Collection of a Screen Icon sale will feature literary items from the personal collection of Hollywood actor Spencer Tracy.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Scarce Beatrix Potter, The Road to Serfdom, and First Map of Yorkshire to Auction
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Scarce Beatrix Potter, 'The Road to Serfdom', and First Map of Yorkshire to Auction
A scarce copy of Beatrix Potter’s The Fairy Caravan leads Tennants’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on December 11.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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René Descartes, Suffragettes, and an 18th Century Diplomat: The Week in Rare Books
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René Descartes, Suffragettes, and an 18th Century Diplomat: The Week in Rare Books
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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First Printed Book Entirely About Insects: Rare Book of the Week
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First Printed Book Entirely About Insects: Rare Book of the Week
Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi's 1602 De animalibus insectis libri septem is widely regarded as the first printed book focussed entirely on insects and a cornerstone of modern entomology.Aldrova...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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See which short stories feature in the Fine Books & Collections' online editor's top 12 list...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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'Superman' No. 1 Sold for $9.12m to Become The Most Expensive Comic Ever Sold
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'Superman' No. 1 Sold for $9.12m to Become The Most Expensive Comic Ever Sold
The highest-ever-graded copy of Superman No. 1 from 1939 which was found by a Northern California family in the attic of their late mother's home now holds the record as the world's most expensive com...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Still Life 'Romans parisiens' Sold for $63m
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Still Life 'Romans parisiens' Sold for $63m
Vincent Van Gogh’s Piles de romans parisiens et roses dans une verre (Romans parisiens) has been sold at Sotheby's $62.7 million which is the second highest price for a still life by the artist.It app...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display
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New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display
Opening today at The New York Historical is a new exhibition exploring themes of memory, identity, and community.Stirring the Melting Pot: Photographs from The New York Historical Collections examines...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Marked at the Grolier Club
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Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Marked at the Grolier Club
A new exhibition opening next month at The Grolier Club will mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Only Print of William Blake's The Tyger Privately Owned to Auction
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Only Print of William Blake's 'The Tyger' Privately Owned to Auction
William Blake's The Tyger comes from his rare first issue of Songs of Experience and will be offered at Christie's next month as a single, unbound work, the only impression from the earliest colour pr...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
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Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
A number of civil war maps go under the hammer at Swann Galleries tomorrow in its Printed & Manuscript Americana sale.Leading the lots is a Union-drawn manuscript map of the Virginia countryside south...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Shakespeare Folio, Frank Herbert's Dune, and Ernest Hemingway Top Freeman’s Book Auction
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Shakespeare Folio, Frank Herbert's 'Dune', and Ernest Hemingway Top Freeman’s Book Auction
The latest Freeman’s Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts auction featured selections from Richard Flaherty’s Shakespeare library, including a previously unrecorded copy of the rare Third Folio which was ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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War: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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War: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of Peter Harrington's latest catalogue Ruinous Wrath: The Literature of War include:
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November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Anthony Powell's Diaries, Photo Albums, and Novels: Rare Book of the Week
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Anthony Powell's Diaries, Photo Albums, and Novels: Rare Book of the Week
A variety of lots at Bonhams' current Books, Atlases, and Manuscripts online auction ending November 19 include unique materials relating to novelist Anthony Powell best known for his A Dance to the M...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Suffrage Collection, Middle English Manuscript Roll, Jane Eyre: Auction Preview
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Suffrage Collection, Middle English Manuscript Roll, Jane Eyre: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be watching through the rest of November:
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November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Letter Written on Prison-Issue Toilet Roll in Women's Suffrage Auction
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Letter Written on Prison-Issue Toilet Roll in Women's Suffrage Auction
The Bonhams Deeds Not Words: A Women's Suffrage Collection online auction running November 10 – 20 features a single owner collection of rare suffragette memorabilia.The sale includes letters, photogr...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Kirin Gupta on Collecting Revolutionary Fantasy and Under-Studied Women Non-Fiction
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Kirin Gupta on Collecting Revolutionary Fantasy and Under-Studied Women Non-Fiction
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Kirin Gupta, one of the 2024 Honorable Mentions in the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for woman collectors aged 30 and younger.Where are you ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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X-Men Issue 1 Leads Hake's Pop Culture Collectibles Auction
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X-Men Issue 1 Leads Hake's Pop Culture Collectibles Auction
The anticipated top lot at Hake’s' November 18-19 sale is a Marvel X-Men #1 comic book published in September 1963 that contains the origin story and first appearance of the X-Men as well as Magneto. ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The Queen's Atlas, Medieval Manuscripts, and Ursula K. Le Guin's Cats: November Books Roundup
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The Queen's Atlas, Medieval Manuscripts, and Ursula K. Le Guin's Cats: November Books Roundup
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Masterpiece by David FletcherA richly illustrated boo...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Daphne du Maurier's Typewriter to Auction
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Daphne du Maurier's Typewriter to Auction
Daphne du Maurier's typewriter Olympia SM-4 De Luxe typewriter is going under the hammer at Bonhams' Books, Atlases and Manuscripts auction which ends on November 19.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Vintage Posters: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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Vintage Posters: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Potter & Potter's Vintage Posters auction on November 13 featuring travel and airline posters, American and European advertising posters from the 19th century onwards, plus theater, ma...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Comedian Arthur Askey's Personal Library, Photos, and Scripts to Auction
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Comedian Arthur Askey's Personal Library, Photos, and Scripts to Auction
The annotated scripts, photos, musical scores, and books of one of the UK's favorite 20th century comedians Arthur Askey go under the hammer in a 220-lot auction at Hansons tomorrow.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Kurt Vonnegut was #BOTD in 1922. See below an ALS from an archive of letters sold in November 2018
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The Hands of Time. Remembering Kurt Vonnegut, who was born on this day in 1922. (ALS, part of archive of letters to his family mostly written while serving in US Army, 1930s-40s, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 8, 2018, $12,500. bit.ly/4qUgudI)
Letter by Kurt Vonnegut written to his family in pencil on leaf from legal pad showing signature drawn in bubble letters.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Martin Luther, Chopin, Lincoln, and JFK Autograph Items to Auction
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Martin Luther, Chopin, Lincoln, and JFK Autograph Items to Auction
A religious reflection by Martin Luther, Frédéric Chopin’s signed publishing contracts, and a Civil War order from Abraham Lincoln are among the highlights at RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifact...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM