Auction Guide Autumn 2020 | Fine Books & Collections

Auction Guide Autumn 2020

Auction Guide Autumn 2020

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Something for Everyone

Heritage
Once Upon a Time

Hindman
Delights for All Collectors

Auctions

Ernest Hemingway typed letter, signed, referencing his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway's "Best Book" Letter and Harry Potter First Edition to Auction

'The Wipers Times' First World War Newspaper Sold for £7,000

Great Estates ART Live! Featuring Modern 20th Century Works on Paper, Paintings, Prints, & Multiples

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Photographs

Henry Wessel, Incidents No 5, no date, gelatin silver print

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books

Exhibitions

Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard, Devonshire Terrace, June 21, 1849 (detail)

Charles Dickens's Summer Holiday Letters Go On Show

'The Worlds of Gertrude Stein' Opens at the Harry Ransom Center

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

Visual Art

Peter Firmin, original Noggin the Nog artwork in colour for the cover of The Saga of Noggin the Nog - book 1, monogrammed with title to lower margin

Original Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine Artwork to Auction

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Book People

Ben Roylance

Apport Used Books's Ben Roylance on Ufology, Eugenia Macer-Story, and Percy Grainger

Jane Austen's House Acquires Miniature of Austen's Mentor Anne Lefroy

Bright Young Booksellers: Adélaïde Carton

Americana

Paul Cuffe, signed autograph letter, sold for $96,000

Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

Rare Books

2025 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2026 Details

Landmark Mark Catesby Natural History Acquired by Missouri Botanical Garden

Harry Potter Edition Never Commercially Available: Rare Book of the Week

Sponsored

Origin of the Species

1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying