Books & Manuscripts
Rare Austen first edition predicted to sell for $319,000
A rare first edition of Jane Austen's Emma is to be sold at Sotheby's come December
Calvin and Hobbes breaks newspaper comic strip world record by 79%
The $203,000 work is the first original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to auction this century
Two signed Gandhi letters to make $17,500 at Sotheby's sale?
The superb signed Mahatma Gandhi letters go up for sale on December 12 in London
Edgar Allan Poe letter brings $34,000 in online auction
A rare signed letter from Edgar Allan Poe reveals his financial troubles
Nelson's Lady Hamilton letter beats estimate by 150%
Lord Nelson's letter declares his intent to defend his mistress Lady Hamilton's honour
Portrait of Dickens' daughter up 20% on valuation at Sotheby's
John Everett Millais' Portrait of Kate Perugini, Charles Dickens' daughter, brought $383,000
Elizabethan signed manuscript auctions 212% above estimate
A signed manuscript from the Elizabethan era's leading figures has sold for $15,000
Elizabethan signed manuscript to sell at Bonhams for $5,000
A manuscript signed by leading Elizabethan figures reveals a plan to help the queen
Charles Dickens' inkstand brings 900% increase on estimate
An inkstand that Charles Dickens may have used while writing Great Expectations has sold
Xi'an Incident auction coming to Bonhams next month
Key documents from the 1936 Xi'an Incident in China will auction in San Francisco on December 11
Sotheby's Old Masters to showcase '$18m' Renaissance manuscripts
Sotheby's Old Masters will see two Renaissance manuscripts star alongside Raphael
Charles Dickens' In Memoriam manuscript leads sale with $60,000 estimate
A manuscript copy of Charles Dickens' In Memoriam will lead a collection of literary documents
