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On December 5, one of the world’s best private collections of English Bibles will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s New York. It is the …

Living in the shadow of her husband, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer and, as evidenced by this incredible set of …

Muriel Spark is less read in America than in her native Great Britain, which is a shame since she is one of the “…

Sangorski & Sutcliffe is synonymous with fine binding and is often hailed as the “Rolls Royce of Bookbinding.” At the turn of the twentieth century, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe…

We spy some beautiful birds headed to auction in New York on June 15. The ornithological…

At auction last week in New York was a bound volume containing two…

On Saturday, July 24, at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Boston-based RR Auction held a robst sale of memorabilia relating to…

"Our Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale on 8 March in London features an outstanding selection of works which have laid in private collections for decades since execution. The opportunity to see…

"In anticipation of the Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale in Hong Kong (May 30), Bonhams New York previews a rare and important pair of Qianlong Imperial blue and white Bajixiang…

"'Arbre de Neige' was created in 1947 as one of a series of small scale works in richly colored paper with which the artist covered the walls of his studio at the Villa Le Rêve at Vence, in…

"The Important Design Sale encompasses 500 years of Fine Decorative Arts. The sale will take place on 5 April in London and will go on view from 2 April."

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"Bonhams Director of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Ralph Taylor introduces the many highlights from our Post War and Contemporary Art sale on June 29 at New Bond Street, including Mark Bradford,…

"Rembrandt Bugatti — brother of Ettore Bugatti, founder of the eponymous automobile company — was a brilliant sculptor of animals. Touched by the story of Bugatti’s premature death, the actor…

"This haniwa clay model of a horse from 6th-century Japan would have been buried in a tomb on ‘a very grand scale’, explains Japanese Art specialist Mark Hinton."

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"Nic McElhatton, Chairman of Christie’s South Kensington, on his love for the small, lovingly-crafted domestic wooden objects and drinking vessels that are prized by collectors."

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