Books & Manuscripts
Emperor Hirohito’s WW2 account sells for $275,000
Emperor Hirohito gave his account to US forces in 1945
Francois I Book of Hours to return to France?
The Book of Hours is listed as a French national treasure
Cowardly Lion’s Wizard of Oz book valued at $50,000
Bert Lahr’s personal copy of the book is selling at Christie’s
Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species offered at Christie’s
Darwin’s annotated Origin of Species will sell on December 13
Re-imagined first edition covers to sell for gallery
The sale include designs by Raymond Pettibon and Quentin Blake
Albert Einstein’s Michele Besso letters to sell
Einstein and Besso remained friends throughout their lives
Harry Potter first edition goes for $140,000
It’s yet another record for a Harry Potter first edition
Map that named America to auction in December
Waldseemuller’s 1507 world map is also the first ever globe
Giuseppe Verdi manuscript archive to make $387,000?
Many of the letters in the archive have never been published
HP Lovecraft's debut book makes $9,000
The horror author's The Shunned House almost doubled its estimate
Albert Einstein manuscript to beat $50,000?
This is Einstein’s working manuscript for a published paper
