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An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange…
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A major new exhibition at the British Museum will look at what it was like to be in one of the most elite fighting forces of all time. Objects include letters written on papyri by soldiers from Roman Egypt and the Vindolanda tablets, some of the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain,…
Potter & Potter Auctions’ Vintage Posters Sale on November 10 will feature important vintage to antique posters in categories including travel and destinations, advertising, entertainment, propaganda, and modern design.
An extremely rare George Taylor autographed document, dating back to December 6, 1774, has fetched $24,079 at auction, according to Boston-based RR Auction.George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence representing Pennsylvania, was a foreign-born patriot who started life as an…
A possibly unique pair of portrait photographs of the young Edward VIII when Prince of Wales has sold at Chiswick Auctions for £10,625. The buyer was a private collector based in America. It was thought they were once owned by the English socialite Freda Dudley Ward, who had a…
Bonhams Skinner will close out October with a sale which features important works of Americana, rare books and manuscripts.
With noteworthy publications and antique materials related to exploration, travel, and the polar regions, Potter & Potter Auctions’ 430 lot Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection of Chet Ross Sale made a total of $630,000.
At Heritage Auctions on Tuesday, October 17, a 345-lot Photographs Signature sale, including several Robert Mapplethorpe flower photos: Calla Lily (1988), estimated at $60,000–80,000; Calla Lily (1986), expected to sell for $40,000–60,000; and Irises (1986), at $25,000–45,000. Robert Frank's London…
A sequence from Frank Miller's 1986 comic book Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - the two-page spread during which the Joker snaps his neck to make it look like Batman killed him - has sold at Heritage Auctions for $550,000. Those are now the most expensive story pages from the book that, in Miller'…
The Library of Congress has named Stephanie Stillo as the new chief of the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Stillo, who has already assumed her new role, joined the Library in 2016. She has served as the curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection and the Aramont Library —…
More than 40 antiquarian book, ephemera and photo dealers from 10 states and Canada have signed on to the inaugural Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay, a new antiquarian book & ephemera fair to be held on October 28.
