Books & Manuscripts
Book of Mormon sells for $57,500
A first edition Book of Mormon sold at Swann Auction Galleries on September 18
Suspense Comics #3 sells for $173,000
A VF/NM '9'-graded copy of Suspense Comics #3 led an August 29 sale
Ernest Hemingway's typewriter sells for $65,000 with PIH
Ernest Hemingway used the typewriter to write A Moveable Feast, his last great work
Frankenstein first edition sells for $172,500 at Antiquarian Book Fair
A first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published across three volumes
Declaration of Independence sells for $597,500 in Dallas
The recently discovered printing of the US Declaration of Independence beat its estimate by an impressive 70%
Bloomsbury sells 15th century text by one of the theologians who saved the Papacy
Jean Gerson's work On Simony leads a London auction ahead of Suetonius's history of Rome
Jane Austen's Emma sells for over $10k
The book with a heroine its writer thought 'no-one would much like' was a big hit at Bonham's
Classic golf book sells for $6,000
A signed work by a founding member of the United States Golf Association has been snapped up for a bargain
Jaded fan sells first issue of comic book for $39,000
A comic store owner has sold a 1st edition in disgust at the latest storyline
TIE Fighter sells for £203k
Tinseltown auction also includes a hoverboard, the Holy Grail and the Ten Commandments