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An archive of correspondence relating to the Kennedy political dynasty is expected to sell for £2,…
The final draft of the I Have a Dream speech given by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28…
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The 37-lot Braydon C. Guild Collection of Charles Darwin at the Freeman’s Books & Manuscripts auction has sold well past its presale estimate for a combined total of $621,440.
An early 20th century Cambodian Kraing and a selection of Aldine Press titles are among the leading lots at PBA Galleries' online Rare and Antiquarian auction ending tomorrow which includes early printed books, and titles on religion, food and drink, and Asia.
The Library of Congress has acquired a bound volume containing 15 tipped-in pages of a stenographic version of Theodore Roosevelt's Milwaukee, Wisconsin, speech of October 14, 1912. The pages record the speech Roosevelt delivered from the auditorium stage after receiving a gunshot wound from…
The 300th anniversary of the publication of Gulliver’s Travels is being celebrated in Trinity College Dublin with an exhibition in the Long Room of the Old Library charting the book's journey.
More than six decades after it was written, a handwritten letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts in which Jones attempts to recruit the drummer to join the fledgling group that would become The Rolling Stones will go under the hammer for the first time.
A page from Astérix the Legionary featuring Obélix’s first attempt at courting Falbala topped the Albert Uderzo section at Heritage Auctions’ latest comic art auction, selling for $206,250.
The Vancouver Art Gallery and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) have announced a five-year partnership significantly expanding public access to one of British Columbia’s most unique research collections.
A group of Russian émigré archives concerning Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and their networks in exile will come up at Bonhams Paris tomorrow.Lots 239–249 in The Classics sale include correspondence, photographs, administrative and financial papers…
Christie’s will present more than 350 photographs from the Roger Therond Collection across three sales taking place in Paris on November 13 and 14, and online November 6-17.
The bestselling author of a new novella featuring Charles Dickens and the Charles Dickens Museum will be in conversation with the author's great-great-great-granddaughter next week.In The Case of the Christmas Card by Elly Griffiths, a few days before Christmas Dickens is transported to London in…
