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The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has acquired a second tranche of papers of the poet Paul…
The National Library of Scotland, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh’s Remediating…
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A Thing of Beauty is a celebration of the  art and craft of book production featuring many diverse examples of fine bindings, illustrations, illumination as well as innovations in book decoration, brought together in a new catalogue from Peter Harrington.
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An autograph letter signed by Neville Chamberlain on the day of his resignation as Prime Minister, May 10, 1940, is joined by ephemera linked to Lincoln's assassination, and letters by Mozart and Beethoven at RR Auction's Remarkable Rarities auction.
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Heritage Auction’s October 1 Photographs auction will include work from a rare set of photographs by Tina Modotti and her work with Louis Bunin, a selection by Paul Strand, and more than 80 works from the collection of the late Hal Gould, photographer and owner of Camera Obscura Gallery in Denver.
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A descendent of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and former UK Prime Minister, consigned an autograph album to Chiswick Auctions which has been bought for £26,000 by a private collector based overseas.The vendors were the great-great-grandchildren of the Lord Stanley, to date the longest-…
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Hayward Gallery Touring will present a new exhibition of Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego taking a deep look into the literary influences that have inspired Rego’s works.
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The National Archives has launched a new website Declaration250.gov to help the nation celebrate America’s 250th birthday and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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For the first time, 50 original comic book pages drawn by Morris for his Lucky Luke series will go under the hammer.The Christie's auction Morris: l’homme qui créa Lucky Luke on November 15 will focus on the work of Maurice de Bevere, better known as Morris, a key figure in the history of…
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One of the world’s finest copies of the first issue of Fantastic Four has sold for $2.04 Million at Heritage Auctions's Comics & Comic Art auction.
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A rare piece of Bob Dylan's creative legacy featuring unpublished handwritten religious lyrics filled with Biblical allusion and accompanied by a harmonica sold for $25,000 in RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.The lyrical musings penned on Ritz-Carlton New York letterhead explore…
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A complete set of 1968 Topps baseball cards leads the October 4 - 6 sale at Heritage Auctions, a 598-card collection with 517 of its cards graded Gem Mint 10 and the remaining 81 Mint 9s.The ’68 Topps set features the highly popular Nolan Ryan rookie card, as well as Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron,…