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At Sotheby's New York on Monday, December 18, 128 lots of Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation, the last of this series of sales to benefit several charitable organizations. Lots include a gelatin silver print of Edward Steichen's 1928 photograph of Greta Garbo and his 1924 image…
The parallels between the business of 15th century printmaking and today’s branding practices are the focus of Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop opening today at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.
An exceptional original watercolour of The Little Prince, reproduced in the first edition of the book, as a full-page illustration by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has sold for £302,400 at Christie’s London The Alphabet of Genius: Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts sale.
A Harry Potter first edition bought for £10 in 1997 has been sold by Hansons for £55,104 to a private UK online buyer. The hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, from the first Potter book print run in 1997, was spotted in a bargain bucket in a shop in the…
A rare record of army life in the 19th century in the form of an archive of letters written by a soldier has sold for £6,500 in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers. It is very unusual to have such a vivid and detailed account written by an enlisted soldier rather than an…
A Charles Dickens presentation copy joins Abraham Lincoln's signed Carte De Visite and an unmailed 1963 Christmas Card signed by John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Heritage's December 15 Historical Platinum auction.
Goldin's December Pop Culture Auction will feature three first-appearance Marvel comic books of Wolverine, Iron Man and the X-Men.The auction is headlined by the 1974 Marvel Incredible Hulk #181, the first full appearance of Wolverine, and the only appearance of Wolverine as John Romita…
An archive of personal letters and writings by Henry Miller as well as his favorite blue bathrobe and paintings, goes under the hammer at Guernsey's this week.
Hindman's online sale of American Historical Ephemera & Photography ends on Monday, December 11. The 350 lots include a collection of about 50 Civil War maps, expected to sell for $2,000–3,000; a copy of the July 17, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States, which contains the first…
