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A rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone goes under the hammer this morning with an estimate of £3,000-£4,000.The softcover first edition first impression of the boy wizard’s literary debut features in Richard Winterton Auctioneers’ Antique & Home Sale.
Hujar: Contact is an exhibition exploring the life, times, and creative evolution of photographer Peter Hujar opening later this spring at the Morgan Library & Museum.
Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the 600th anniversary of Magna Carta and will be among the offerings from Peter Harrington at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair later this month.
The rise of interest in book culture online through subcommunties such as BookTok and digital trends such as #bookwealth, #shelfies, and #LibraryLife has branched out into an intriguing new area of lengthy video book tours.
Handwritten lyrics by David Bowie and Noel Gallagher join a Bible given to Elvis Presley by a fan at Sotheby's' inaugural Rock & Pop sale with bidding running until April 23.
Highlights from Swann Galleries' April 9 Autographs auction include:Friedrich NietzscheAn uncommon c. 1884-1900 signed photograph cabinet card of Nietzsche, inscribed to Meta von Salis ("Fräulein von Salis"), 1882 vignetted bust portrait by Gustav Adolf Schutze showing him as he appears on the…
An exhibition examining the graphic art of Alphonse Mucha will open at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City on April 18 and run through August 30.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
A rare Albert Uderzo cover painting for the Asterix adventure Les Lauriers de César leads Heritage Auctions' April 18–19 International Comic Art sale.Few of Uderzo’s cover paintings have ever gone under the hammer as most remain in institutional collections or the artist’s estate. The 12 inch by 16…
Leading Heritage Auctions’ April 7 Photographs auction is a rare, medium-format mural print of Ansel Adams’ Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California (1944).Printed circa the mid-1960s, it waw acquired from the Carl Siembab Gallery during that decade and held in the same family…
