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A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp…
Highlights of Heritage Auctions' August 11 Pulp, Paperback, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustration Art…
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The Making of a Medieval Manuscript exhibition examining how medieval manuscripts were produced in Europe and the Mediterranean region opens at The J. Paul Getty Museum on August 4.It will feature Christian manuscripts from Europe, Armenia, and Ethiopia, as well as objects of Jewish and Muslim…
More than 400 pieces of original artwork by illustrator Peter Firmin for some of the UK's most popular children's characters including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, and Noggin the Nog come to auction at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on July 31 and August 1.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Maggie Vanderford, Librarian for Instruction and Engagement at William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.What is your role at your institution?
Highlights of Swann Galleries' annual summer Vintage Posters auction on July 30 include:* Ernest Montaut, Cabanne - Nirouet (Ch. Wallac, Paris, c.1905)* Louis Charbonnier, Scala / La Danse des Jambes en l'Air (La Lithographie Nouvelle, Asnieres, c. 1897)* Tom Purvis, Mablethorpe & Sutton - On…
Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten autographed strategy blueprint for his 1858 Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas leads Heritage Auctions' The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln on July 30.
More than 1,000 books from the personal library of illustrator and author Raymond Briggs have gone on sale at Oxfam's bookshop in Hove.
39-year-old lawyer from Tampa Chris Dutton has become the first 'Young Hemingway' ever to win Sloppy Joe's Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.Dutton emerged from a field of 134 registered contestants, via two preliminary rounds before defeating 23 other finalists to claim the title on his seventh…
A Nikola Tesla letter on wireless telegraphy, Marilyn Monroe signed presentation photo, and a Bruce Lee signed program from the 1967 International Karate Championships in California will all join Albert Einstein's notes when they go under the hammer in University Archives’ online Rare Autographs,…
The Antiquarian Book School Foundation has announced the return of the 2026 CABS-Minnesota Antiquarian Book Seminar, the longest running training program for antiquarian booksellers in the United States.It will be held in person at St Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota, with seminar…
A comprehensive collection of personal Colonel Harland Sanders memorabilia including his personal recipe cards comes to auction on July 28 at Claudia Sanders Restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky.Many of the items going under the hammer on the property where he lived and worked originate from…
