The library of acclaimed British stage and film director, writer and actor Patrick Garland will be sold as part of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Bibliophile sale including works on natural history, children’s and illustrated, English and Continental literature and modern first editions, on Thursday 13th February. A prominent figure in the British [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 3, 2014
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A 14 ducat of Salzburg, minted in 1612 and so rare that it hasn’t been plated in at least a half century, sold for $211,500 to lead Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection Part III Signature Auction Jan. 14-16 in New York. This enigmatic and possibly unique coin, graded AU58 by [Read More]
The New York Yankees have won 27 World Championships to date, and Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali claimed the Heavyweight boxing title three times, each achievement a record unmatched in sports history. On Feb. 22, in New York, Heritage’s “Platinum Night” auction will sell key artifacts of each respective historic first championship to the [Read More]
1150 lots of philatelic material, including some of the rarest single items ever offered by Apex Philatleics, will go under the hammer on Sunday 16th March, at Lingfield Park Racecourse. Of particular interest, three 1915 Tanganyika ‘Mafia Island’ handstamped 1r, 2r and 3r mint issues are some of the scarcest stamps to [Read More]