Books & Manuscripts
Confederate Constitution of America set to draw support at Heritage
One of just a handful of copies of the US constitution reworked by the confederates is stirring interest
Larsson's Celebrated Millennium Trilogy unique box set could sell for $18,749
Sotheby's is offering a "spectacular, unique" boxed set of Stieg Larsson's Celebrated Millennium Trilogy
John James Audubon book could score a $55,000 sale at Bonhams
Audubon's other book Birds of America is the most expensive book ever, sold for a whopping $11.6m
Rare early printed book showing the Creation of Eve in woodcut heads auction
Philippus de Bergamo's early printed work will be offered in Swann Galleries' rare book sale
Enigma machine World Record price set at Christie's Travel memorabilia auction
A number of records were set in this $3.1m sale, with 'several items causing a bidding frenzy'
'$25,154' poem collection by prose pioneer Bertrand doubles sale estimate
Bertrand and this book were instrumental in the introducing the prose poem into French literature
Letters about RMS Titanic sinking will cross the auction block in New York
A historically significant archive of material pertaining to doomed ocean liner RMS Titanic is up for sale
American history and beyond - the Eric C Caren collection brings $655,400
The sale featured everything from battles over New York to an archive of collector Thomas Edison
'Birth Certificate of New York' sold for $120,000 from the Eric C Caren collection
Charles II instructs Edmund Andros to take the disputed territory from the Dutch for the last time
First-ever published book by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy goes to auction
'Fleshweathercock and other poems', the collection, was published in 1973 when Duffy was just 18...
Robert Frost works and a 'circa 14th century' manuscript sell in New York
An exceptionally rare 'Complete Poems' signed by the American poet is among NBA's highlights...
Napoleon leads again at Leighton Galleries with a $15,000 bust sculpture
The Premier Book Auction is awash with historical and political autographs, photographs and militaria