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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"
New Yorker’s Most Reprinted Cartoon Sold for $175,000 to Become World’s Most Valuable Single-Panel Cartoon
In 1993 The New Yorker ran one of its most famous cartoons, a the black-and-white single-panel "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" by Peter Steiner.
Lot 210: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, first edition, first issue, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to the founding editor of The New Yorker Magazine
Inscribed John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, and Eric Ambler First Editions to Auction
Swann Galleries' October 26 Fine Books & Autographs auction features a selection of signed first editions, 19th and 20th century classics, as well a
Autograph music manuscript by Tchaikovsky from the first version of the opera Mazepa
Tchaikovsky Autograph Music Manuscript of Mazepa Leads History of Western Music Auction
The History of Western Music: Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection at Christie’s is an online-only sale which showcases the history of music with more th
Herbarum vivae eicones (Living Images of Herbs), written by Otto Brunfels (1488–1534)
Early Modern Illustrated Herbals Exhibition Opens at The Morgan
The Morgan Library & Museum's new exhibition Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals highlights the collection of 15th to 17th century Euro
Irving manuscript volume 5
Washington Irving’s Final Published Manuscript Goes on Sale
In the month so closely linked to America’s first professional author, Washington Irving, The Raab Collection has announced that it is selling two rare
Constitution of the United States Complete Set of Signers (40) with Founding Fathers George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison
Complete Set of Constitution Signers and Handwritten Dylan Thomas Manuscript to Auction
Leading RR Auction's 900-lot October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is a complete set of autographs from all 40 signers of the
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr signed their autographs at Buckingham Palace on October 26 1965.
Beatles Autographs Signed the Day They Received MBEs Sold for £7,400
The set was bought by a lifelong Beatles fan from Staff
Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
10 Titles from The Folio Society shortlisted in 2023 British Book Design and Production Awards
The Folio Society has 10 titles shortlisted across five different categories for the British Book Design and Production Awards alongside a number of other
Pair of used dress circle tickets to Ford’s Theatre’s production of Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865.
Used Our American Cousin Tickets from Lincoln's Assassination Sold for $262,500
Two used tickets for Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection: Lot 32: Juan Rufo, La Austriada, Madrid, first edition, 1584. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000; Lot 18: Pedro de Espinosa, Primera Parte de las Flores de Poetas Ilustres de España, Dividida en los Libros, first edition, Valladolid, 1605. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Works on the History of Psychiatry to Auction at Swann
The fall Early Printed Books auction at Swann Galleries on October 12 will feature lots from three important collectors, including more from Ken Rapoport, as well as works on the history of…