His library contained dozens of rare first editions, including signed first editions of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Now, two years after his death, some of those gems will be put up for auction. The drummer’s collection of jazz memorabilia is also being sold. Read more
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Here’s how you can bid on Larry McMurtry’s personal books and other knick-knacks he owned. Read more
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The ‘fascinating insight into what was to become an iconic work’ is the only known surviving copy of its kind and is to be auctioned along with a first edition signed by Rowling. Read more
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Christie’s New York is pleased to announce the sale of selections from artist and author Maurice Sendak’s personal library in its upcoming Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana auction taking place online from 11-25 April … These items include a wonderful selection of books reflecting Sendak’s creative and literary interests. There are over two dozen first editions by Beatrix Potter … There are several books from the Brothers Grimm, including a rare presentation from them as well as the original autograph manuscript for their long-lost story Dear Mili, which Sendak illustrated for its first publication in 1988. Accompanying the Grimm tales are other works of German Romanticism, namely folk and fairy tales. There is notably a fine selection of Henry James, representing Sendak’s love of nineteenth-century literature, including first editions and presentation copies. Moving to the 20th century, writers and artists include Dr Seuss, Crockett Johnson, and William Steig, together with special editions of Sendak’s own works. Read more
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The auction, completed Thursday by Bonhams, included more than 1,000 personal books belonging to Ginsburg from her time at Harvard and Columbia law schools to her service on the Supreme Court. Read more
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Christie’s will auction the personal Americana collection of William Reese, which carries an estimate of $12 million to $18 million. Read more
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The document offered for sale was one of 13 known copies of the first printing of the Constitution and one of only two in private hands. This printing of the Constitution was last sold in 1988, when real estate developer and collector S. Howard Goldman bought it at auction for $165,000. Read more
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…the extremely rare document – now the longest continuing charter of government in the world – is one of just 11 known copies of the official printing produced for the delegates to Constitutional Convention and for the Continental Congress. Read more
Christie’s, which hosted the auction, estimated the book would go for $200,000 to $300,000. But by selling for nearly four to six times as much, the book set a record for the highest price paid for a published work by a woman, according to Fine Books Magazine. Read more
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Seemingly mundane items fetched large sums Wednesday, like a set of family recipes and a rolling pin, two serving trays and a drinking cup that sold for a collective $43,130. Read more
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