Auctions

1615 warrant signed by King James I of England authorizing the release of Sir Walter Raleigh from the Tower of London
King James I, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington Lead Autographs Sale
Leading RR Auction’s March Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction is a 1615 warrant signed “James R” by KIng James I of England authorizing the release
American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables and the Best Mode of Making Puff Pastes, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards, and Preserves...Together with the rules of Carving at Dinner parties. Exemplified With Cuts by Amelia Simmons (Woodstock, A. Colton, 1831)
Illustrated Edition of First Cookbook Written by an American Heads PBA Galleries Sale
The 1796 edition of Amelia Simmons' American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables...
The last photo of Oscar Wilde on his death bed
£279,800 Death Bed Photo Tops Oscar Wilde Sale
At Bonhams’ sale of material relating to the life of
The 1896 Olympic letters
Official Invitations From 1896 Athens Olympics to Auction
A rare group of surviving documents connected to the first modern Olympic Games are being offered as part of RR Auction’s Olympics Auction closing tomorrow.
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Boston, James R. Osgood, 1883)
Mark Twain: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from PBA Galleries' Fine Literature/With Mysteries & Sci-fi/Queer Literature & Art/Beats & the Counterculture include these
Inside Bonhams' new offices
Bonhams Opens New U.S. Headquarters
Bonhams has opened its new U.S. headquarters at 111 West 57th Street in New York to the public.
A correspondence from the California Gold Rush, Jonathan Palmer Webster, 1849-1850
Gold Rush Letters, Puck cartoons, and Lucrèce Borgia Photos: The Week in Rare Books
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well a
The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, 1415 Prayers for the Morning Services of Rosh Hashana
Rothschild Vienna Mahzor 15th Century Hebrew Prayerbook Sold for $6.4m
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6.4 million.
Louis Palander in polar outfit photographed at his arrival in Japan.
Groundbreaking Vega Expedition Polar Archive to Auction
The private archive of explorer Captain Louis Palander af Vega will go under the hammer next month at Stockholms Auktionsverk.

Lot 29: Letter of credence appointing Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Silas Deane commissioners to the court of France to negotiate a treaty of alliance, September 30, 1776, sold for $563,200

Founding Fathers Manuscripts Lead Freeman’s Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
The top lot of Freeman's' latest auction was a manuscript document signed by