Auctions

Whitmaniana, French Bindings, Early Photographs of China: Auction Preview
At Bonhams New York on Tuesday, November 21, 223 lots of Fine Books and Manuscripts, which includes the Pauline and Ozzy Fletcher Collection of Whitmaniana as lots 125–152. A November 23, 1783 letter…
Turing's notebooks
Newly Discovered Alan Turing Notebook Tops Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale
One of the most important and extensive collections of Alan Turing's auto
Charles Dickens' inventory of his own library
Tolkien, Edison, and Mahler Lead Major Letter and Autograph Sale at Christie's
Developmental sketches by Antoine Saint-Exupéry for The Little Prince, a han
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics for Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door to Auction
The lyrics to Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door handwritten by Bob Dylan ca.
Maria Edgworth letters sold at auction
Anglo-Irish Novelist Maria Edgeworth’s Letters Sold for £8,000
A collection of letters signed by celebrated 18th century Anglo-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth
oudini's Houdini’s Death-Defying Mystery is estimated at $40,000 - 60,000
Magicana Posters Lead Potter & Potter Sale
Potter & Potter Auctions' December 9 'Select Secrets' sale offers various magi
Barbra Streisand's gift to Robert Redford from the film The Way We Were, a 1939 Corona Standard
Typewriters Owned by Hemingway, Capote, and Tennessee Williams in 'World’s Greatest Typewriter Collection' Auction
A unique collection of typewriters owned by writers including John Updike, Ray Bradbury, and George Be
Alan Turing lab notebook from the Delilah voice-encryption project
Gutenberg Bible Leaf, Turing Material, Chatterton Letters: Auction Preview
At Bonhams London on Tuesday, November 14, 118 lots of Fine Books and Manuscripts, including a collection of material related to Alan Turing and Donald Bayley's work on the Delilah speech encryption…
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge holding the menu
Only Known Existing April 11, 1912 Titanic Menu Sold For £84,000
A water-stained menu for Titanic's first class restaurant which shows diners feasted on oysters, lamb and mallard duck before the cruise liner sank has been sold for £84,000.
Chatterton writes to Walpole: “Being fully convinced of the Papers of Rowley being genuine..."
Thomas Chatterton and Horace Walpole's Letters on Infamous Rowley Manuscript to Auction
The story of Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) captured the imagination of the Romantics.