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Frank Frazetta's Dark Kingdom painting
Frank Frazetta’s $6m Dark Kingdom Becomes World’s Most Valuable Work of Comic or Fantasy Art
The four-day Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art auctions was capped by
The new Beowulf
Folio Society Publishes Lavish Limited Edition of Beowulf
The Folio Society has published a new limited edition of Beow
The docment describes the construction and uses for the quadrant
14th Century Scientific Manuscript Plus Tolkien and Earhart Letters Boost Bonhams Auction
A 14th century scientific manuscript achieved more than 22 times its estimate when it sold for $89,000 at Bonhams' June Fine Books & Manuscripts aucti
Ernest Hemingway Writing at Campsite in Kenya.
Ernest Hemingway's Camera and Gold Rush Photography Top American Historical Auction
Hindman’s summer American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction saw passionate bidding for early photographs and material surrounding America’s westward expansion.
The oldest known book fragment in the world to date was recognized by conservators at the University of Graz by a thread remnant, sewing holes, the centerfold and the text arranged in columns.
Is This the Oldest Book in the World?
During routine work on papyrus fragments in the Special Collections at Graz University Library, conservator Theresa Zammit Lupi came across an Egyptian
Inscriptions and annotations by Fr Huddleston highlight how precious and personal the missal would have been to him.
Rare Prayer Book Owned by Priest Who Saved King Charles II's Life On Show
A 400-year-old prayer book that once belonged to a priest who helpe
Unlocking the Fagel Collection Project Manager Ann-Marie Hansen with a copy of Jakób Breyne’s Plantarum Exoticarum Centuria Prima
Fagel Collection's Rare Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Go On Public Display
Botanical catalogues, lavish celestial atlases and unique pamphlets from the early modern period are among 30,000 titles being conserved and digitally catalogued in an ambitious collabora
Ehrenerklärung! Im Namen des Königs Wilhelm, II. Kaiser v. Deuschland (Declaration Of Honor! In The Name Of King Wilhelm, II. Kaiser V. Germany)
Houdini for President Poster Leads Potter & Potter Summer Magic Sale
Posters promoting performers of yesteryear took several of the top lot slots in the latest Potter & Potter June
Portrait of Frederick Douglass by an unidentified artist. Oil on canvas, c. 1845
Frederick Douglass Writings and Portraits in New Smithsonian Exhibition
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery's exhibition One Life:
A selection of autographs from the sale
Signatures of 60,000 Celebrities to Auction
The Clive Bullimore Autograph Collection, including the signatures of around 60,000 different celebrities, amassed by a former stockbroker over more than 70 years is a Who’s Who of 20th c