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17th-Century Medical Recipe Book Sells for $6,600 at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
A fine medical recipe book dating from 1680 sold for £3,968 in Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Printed Books & Manuscripts on Thursday 17th April 2014.
First Edition of <i>Casino Royale</i> Sells for $40,000
A first edition of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, (1953) thrilled bidders, selling for £24,180 at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Modern Literature on Friday 11th April, held at t
Early Vampire Tale Leads at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auction
An adaptation of the French play by Charles Nodier, The Bride of the Isles, A Tale of the Vampire (1820) sold well above its estimate of £180-220 for £2,928 in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auc
<i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i> Fetches a Record $40,625 at Doyle NY
Doyle New York held a successful auction of Rare Books & Autographs on April 9, 2014.
Nebuchadnezzar II Babylonian Cylinder Sets World Auction Record at Doyle NY
On April 9, 2014, Doyle New York auctioned a rare and important Nebuchadnezzar II Babylonian cuneiform cylinder that set a World Auction Record for a Babylonian Cylinder.
Caren Archive Treasures Sell for $1.3 Million at Bonhams NY
New York (April 8, 2014)—Bonhams' extraordinary sale of historical paper, titled Treasures from the Caren Archive: How History Unfolds on Paper, realized $1,370,000 on April 7.
Strong Results at Swann Galleries&#8217; March 6 Auction of Prints & Drawings
Audubon Makes $3.5 Million for the Indiana Historical Society
Every Lot Sold From Ecclesiastical Collection of Joseph Mendham
A selection of 339 ecclesiastical books from the collection of clergyman and controversialist Joseph Mendham sold on Thursday 20th March through Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions.
Lawrence of Arabia Collection Sells for $316,000 at Bonhams
A collection of TE Lawrence’s letters and books and an archive of previously unseen papers about the 1917 Arab Revolt written by Lawrence of Arabia’s superior officer and close friend, Lieutenant-C