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Napoleon document recognises exceptional bravery
27 February 2023There is some discolouring and it appears to have spent some considerable time folded up, but this early 19th century vellum document signed “Bonaparte” as Premier Consul was sold for £3000.
War hospital mag reflected mental and physical scars
27 February 2023Dating from November 1917, a copy of 'Hydra, the Magazine of Craiglockhart War Hospital of Edinburgh' was sold for a notably higher than expected £7500.
British and Irish book auctions: February 28-March 13, 2023
27 February 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Warfare and witchcraft interest from a single owner collection
20 February 2023English history and law were the mainstays of an excellent collection sold in North Yorkshire
Jumbo-sized view of the world
20 February 2023Trebling its high estimate in a sale in Surrey was a large, in fact elephant folio-sized Atlas Royal… from c.1733
Jones of the Stones and Nipper of the Yard
20 February 2023A group of five autograph letters sent by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones to a Miss Megan Jones in the years 1965-66 brought a bid of £4500.
British and Irish book auctions: February 21-March 23
20 February 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
Wish you were here… in the New World
13 February 2023Sixteenth century work edited by Hakluyt aimed to encourage English expansion and influence
British and Irish book auctions: February 14-28, 2023
13 February 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Buyer gets teeth into Thomas Nashe feast
06 February 2023Extraordinary collection generates £64,000 bid for collaborative works by the playwright and poet
Just 5 out of 10... but full value in Superman terms
06 February 2023A copy of the very first 'Superman' comic of 1939 that came to auction in the US was not in the finest of conditions, indeed rated only VG/FN 5.O.
British and Irish book auctions: February 7-28, 2023
06 February 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
Jane Austen, a compact collection sold at Dominic Winter auction
30 January 2023Small group of the author’s ever-popular works makes a big impression at Gloucestershire saleroom
Ray Bradbury double offering
30 January 2023Lot offers US editions of two science-fiction and fantasy classics by the US writer
Early 19th century transformation game makes changes for comic effect
30 January 2023An early 19th century transformation game featured at Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham as part of a January 17 sale.
British and Irish book auctions, January 30-February 9
30 January 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
Tarka the Otter author makes a sale splash
23 January 2023Numerous works by Henry Williamson including fascinating inscriptions and annotations were offered in Chichester saleroom
Nicolas Robert hits bloom time at £355,000
23 January 2023Right at the top of the price lists for a London sale of a second portion of the library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Earl Fairhaven, was a lot that presented a handsomely bound collection of 15 very fine watercolour on vellum drawings of flowers.
Photograph of Marilyn Monroe signed for short-lived husband Joe DiMaggio
23 January 2023Signed presidential and other politically significant documents and letters brought high bids at a Heritage (15/20/15% buyer’s premium) sale, but more costly than those lots was this photograph of Marilyn Monroe.
Pretty children's book comes with morality message
23 January 2023Published by John Newbery c.1770, 'A Little Pretty Pocket Book…' and its companion 'Little Song Book' is a very small work indeed at little more than 3in (7.5cm) tall, but the latter includes some 54 woodcut illustrations and accompanying verses related to children’s games and pastimes.