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Early printing of The Declaration of Independence
The Lipman Collection of Americana Achieves $12.4 Million at Sotheby’s
New York – The capstone to our series of auctions dedicated to the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman concluded Wednesday in New York with the sale of Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Amer
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an early draft of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963
MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail Raises $185k at Swann
New York — Swann Galleries’ March 25 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana brought interest from collectors and institutions alike, as well as buyers both new and familiar from across
25 Cats Name[d] Sam and One Blue Pussy
Warhol’s Rare Illustrated Books Triumph at Bonhams NY
New York — One of Andy Warhol’s most important early artist books 25 Cats Name[d] Sam and One Blue Pussy printed in New York in 1954 by Seymour Berlin, sold for US$106,562 at
Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother
Dorothea Lange Leads March Sale of Fine Photographs at Swann
New York — Swann Galleries’ March 11 sale of Fine Photographs saw strong results across the auction with humanist works and portraits drawing interest from collectors.
Einstein letter to William Morris
Einstein Letter Sold for $63,195
Los Angeles – An Albert Einstein typed letter signed just months before World War II, with moving content regarding helping Jewish refugees sold tonight for $63,195 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Le Jockey, 1899
PAI’s March Auction Totals $1.95 Million in Sales
New York — Poster Auctions International’s (PAI) first sale of the year, on March 14th, finished at just under $2 million in sales.
Dracula First Edition 1897
Hindman’s Literature From a Private New Orleans Collection Auction Exceeds $435,000
Chicago – On March 19, Hindman Auctions saw outstanding results in its Literature From a Private New Orleans Collection sale.
A first edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's two-volume Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Achieves 96% Sell-Through Rate
Chicago — Potter and Potter's early spring literature event was a best seller in every regard.
Detail from illustrated copybook by Sarah North
17th-Century Woman’s Copybook Sells for $57,960
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK — The sale included the Selected Contents of Forcett Hall, North Yorkshire, as instructed by the Executors of the late J.H.
Christmas Carol First Edition
First Edition Christmas Carol Led Tennants Auction
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK — A first edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has sold in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Ephemeral Sale for £4,200 (plus buyer’s premium).