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Rare proof sheets of first Harry Potter book expected to sell for £20,000
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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Selections from Maurice Sendak’s Personal Collection to be Sold to Benefit the Rosenbach
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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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s library sells for nearly $2.4 million at auction
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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Leading Bookseller’s Private Collection Goes Up for Sale
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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Rare first printing of U.S. Constitution sells for record $43 million
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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Sotheby’s to Auction Only Remaining First Printing of the Constitution in Private Hands Estimate $15/20 Million
…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
First edition copy of ‘Frankenstein’ sells for over $1 million at auction
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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Poet Sylvia Plath’s Wedding Band And Other Prized Possessions Net $1 Million At Auction
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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A Lost Bronte Library Surfaces
A trove of manuscripts acquired from the Bronte family in the 19th century, all but unseen for the past century, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s. Read more
