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A short inscription by the 14-year-old Franz Kafka which is the earliest piece of his writing known to exist will come to auction for the very first time at Bonhams' Fine Books & Manuscripts online sale running December 8 - 18.
A selection from the extensive collection of California-based collectors Rick L. Schwartz and Linda Fisher featuring 35 limited-edition fountain pens from top makers David Oscarson and Loiminchay is going under the hammer at Bonhams' The Art of Writing sale running until December 4.
Among many lots achieving prices well above estimate at Tennants Auctioneers' latest sale was a small collection of religious manuscripts predominantly dating from the 17th and 18th centuries which sold in six lots for a combined hammer price of £9,630.
Posters from classic movies will go under the hammer next week at Heritage Auctions including Boris Karloff's final appearance as Victor Frankenstein’s monster, and Orson Welles's 1936 'Voodoo Macbeth'.Highlights of the December 2-3 Movie Posters auction include: * the Style A one sheet for…
Freeman’s | Hindman will present the first of several installments of Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller at its New York saleroom on December 5. The auction will feature more than 250 lots from the well known book dealer and…
The Morgan Library & Museum has acquired the earliest manuscript with color illustrations of the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more famously known as The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore.
An original set of handwritten lyrics by John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) from the Sex Pistols' 1977 debut album Never Mind the Bollocks have sold for $82,638 at RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music sale.
Peter Harrington will offer what is believed to be the largest and most diverse collection of early editions and translations of Quotations from Chairman Mao, better known as the Little Red Book, for £1m at Firsts Hong Kong (December 6-8).
The Dune Bible volume from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s epic unmade Dune project features in the Christie’s online-only Science Fiction and Fantasy sale (November 28 - December 12) which also includes vintage movie posters.
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester has launched a new project to celebrate 10 years since the house opened as a visitor attraction and introduce the work of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) to a new generation of writers.
