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Akiba Antiques’ Year-End Sale Offers Romolo Grassi Sculpture and Rare Copy of Joyce’s Ulysses
The son of an Italian goldsmith, Romolo Grassi received extensive training in jewelry from an early age. He later took those skills and applied them to the creation of objets d’art and sculpture. Grassi’s art reflects this background—many of his works are made of precious metals and expertly-cut jewels. Akiba…
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John James Audubon’s Last Great Achievement and Signed Copy of Joyce’s Ulysses Come to Auction at Sotheby’s
John James Audubon, an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist, changed the course of natural history with his book The Birds of America, published in 1827. Before its publication, no one had ever seen such a vivid, life-sized depiction of birds in their natural habitats. Six volumes of folios with 150…
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Early Bird’s-Eye View of Chicago, Limited Edition Copy of Ulysses Available at Hindman
The Illinois Central Railroad opened its doors to the public in 1856. At the time, it was the longest railroad in the world, running 705 miles from Cairo, Illinois to Chicago. The Illinois Central originally intended to enter Chicago from the south but did not receive the necessary permission in…
![PALMATARY, J[ames] T. Chicago. Cihcago [sic]: Braunhold & Sonne [now Charles Sonne], [1857]. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE AND IMPORTANT MAP. Palmatary’s bird's-eye view of Chicago. VERY SCARCE.](https://auctiondaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/large_303899-1_1-150x113.webp)
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Limited Issue Copy of Ulysses and Book of Poetical Works Presented to Ernest Shackleton Highlight Potter & Potter Auctions’ Upcoming Sale
An influential writer of his times, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) is well known for his avant-garde works, including the landmark novel Ulysses. In this Modernist story, Joyce draws parallels between the protagonist of the novel and the hero of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. A copy of Ulysses’ first…
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Freeman’s to Offer First Edition Copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’ in Upcoming Sale
On a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean during the 1920s, Theodor Liedemedt worked as a musician to entertain the passengers. He happened to meet American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though there is little official record of their friendship— Liedemedt does not appear in any of Fitzgerald’s surviving letters or journals—…
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Dashiell Hammett, James Joyce Books Highlight Upcoming Christie’s Auction
American author Dashiell Hammett was an operative at the Pinkerton Detective Agency before dedicating his professional life to fiction writing. The locations, stories, and characters in his books were inspired by people known to him. By depicting American crime through a rugged, realistic, and unrefined storytelling style, Hammett invented a…
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Artist to Know: Berenice Abbott
Barridoff Galleries Offers Three Vintage Photos of a Changing New York After settling in Paris, pioneering photographer Man Ray started looking for an assistant. He specifically sought a candidate with no previous experience in photography who could learn his distinct style. Ray eventually hired a young journalism dropout who had…
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Fine Books & Autographs at Auction June 17
Joan Miró, Autograph Letter Signed, to Ballets Russes director Serge Grigoriev, with two small ink drawings, 1933. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. New York—Swann Galleries will hold their spring offering of Fine Books & Autographs on Thursday, June 17. The auction will feature a strong showing of autographs by prominent American…
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Swann Sets Auction Record for Frederick Douglass Autograph at $112K
Frederick Douglass, Autograph Letter Signed, to Sallie Holley recruiting her for the Frederick Douglass Paper, 1851. Sold for $112,500, a record for an ALS by Douglass. FINE BOOKS & AUTOGRAPHS Sale 2559; February 25, 2021 Sale total: $522,632 Estimates for sale as a whole: $304,400–$456,550 We offered 269 lots; 243…
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Quinn’s October 29 auction packed with rare signed books, works on paper, documents and Americana
Featured: JFK-signed baseball, Chuck Close photo of Kate Moss, Letter from Gen. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Dali-illustrated ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ First U.S. six-volume edition of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, translated from the French and published in 1862 by Carleton (New York), estimate, $700-$900 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction…
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Items signed by Washington, Lincoln, JFK and Jackie, Einstein, others are in One of a Kind Collectibles auction Sept. 10
Buyers can register and bid now, at www.OAKauctions.com. The sale has 282 lots, many signed by history's brightest luminaries. It's a collector's paradise. 1776 letter signed by then-General George Washington, to Abraham Yates Jr., requesting assistance moving wounded troops after the Battle of Long Island (est. $15,000 -$20,000). CORAL GABLES,…
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Property From The Estates Of Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz Drive Sotheby's $17.2 Million Auction In New York
The sale was led by Nature Forms – Gaspé from 1932. Sold for $6.9 Million. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Public institutions and private collectors zealously vied for works from the estates of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz in today’s auction Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Juan Hamilton: Passage at Sotheby’s New York, driving…
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£1.2 Million Irish & International Art To Be Sold On 9 March
On Monday 9 March 2020 two hundred lots of Irish & International art will be offered for auction at the RDS Dublin. Viewing takes place at the RDS, Saturday to Monday 7-9 March from 10am to 6pm daily. DUBLIN.- When the hammer fell at €1.4 millon for Yeats’ painting Reverie (Ernie…
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Library of a Midwestern Collector
The Library of a Midwestern Collector auction is a selection of vintage and contemporary books offered by Hindman. Works by Charles Darwin, Euclid, Galileo Galilei, James Joyce, Isaac Newton, J. K. Rowling, and Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton are particularly featured. Volumes on science, technology, mathematics, literature, economics, and the social…
