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These Iconic American Documents Are Up for Sale

on Donnerstag, 19 Mai 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

by Claire Zillman

These Iconic American Documents Are Up for Sale
They’re expected to fetch millions.
Can you put a price on history? Sotheby’s is going to try.

Muhammad Ali's Rumble in the Jungle trunks to auction

on Mittwoch, 04 Mai 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

Muhammad Ali wore the trunks in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle bout against Foreman (written by Paul Fraser Collectibles)

Muhammad Ali's Rumble in the Jungle trunks to auction
The trunks Muhammad Ali wore in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle fight against George Foreman will sell at Grey Flannel Auctions.

They're offered with an opening bid of $30,250.

Albert Einstein's notebook and Dead Sea Scrolls fragments among historic manuscripts struggling to find buyer

on Dienstag, 01 März 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

The value of the collection amassed by the Aristophil group has been estimated at hundreds of millions of euros

Albert Einstein's notebook and Dead Sea Scrolls fragments among historic manuscripts struggling to find buyer
Featuring fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, sheet music signed by Mozart and Albert Einstein’s notebook, it is certainly an eclectic collection.

James Bond Aston Martin DB10 Spectre car sold for £2.4m

on Freitag, 19 Februar 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

James Bond Aston Martin DB10 Spectre car sold for £2.4m
An Aston Martin sports car from the James Bond film Spectre has sold at auction for £2,434,500.

The DB10, one of only two "show cars" from the 10 made specially for the film, smashed its reserve price of £1m.

New York Businessman Leon Black Buys Bomberg Talmud for $9.3 Million

on Dienstag, 22 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

A number of medieval Hebrew texts from the Valmadonna Trust Library were sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday.
By Jonathan Zalman

Chairman Mao letter to Clement Attlee fetches £605,000

on Dienstag, 15 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

Chairman Mao letter to Clement Attlee fetches £605,000
A 1937 letter from Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong to then-Labour Party leader Clement Attlee has sold at auction for £605,000 ($918,000).

An Intern Saved a Museum by Finding This Revolutionary War Treasure in the Attic

on Freitag, 11 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

The obvious lesson: never throw anything away

An Intern Saved a Museum by Finding This Revolutionary War Treasure in the Attic
Once in a very long while, a rare book or manuscript discovery is so remarkable that it makes national headlines.  In 1988, for instance, an anonymous Massachusetts collector recovered an 1827 first edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane from a roadside barn. Many will also recall the 1989 story of the man who found an original broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden inside a picture frame that he bought at a Pennsylvania flea market for $4 (and later sold at Sotheby’s for $2.4 million). 

Ringo Starr possessions fetch $9.2m at auction

on Sonntag, 06 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

Ringo Starr possessions fetch $9.2m at auction
An auction of more than 1,300 clothes, instruments, pieces of jewellery and other items owned by Ringo Starr has raised a total of $9.2m (£6.1m).

Muhammad Ali US passport to make $35,000?

on Donnerstag, 05 Mai 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

Muhammad Ali was given the US passport as a replacement in 1972 (written by Paul Fraser Collectibles)

Muhammad Ali US passport to make $35,000?
A US passport Muhammad Ali used between 1972 and 1974 could make $25,000-35,000 at Bonhams on June 8.

Ali was issued with the replacement passport at the American consulate in Dublin on July 19, 1972.

U.S. Returns Historical Documents, Stolen From Russia In Chaotic '90s

on Samstag, 05 März 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

by Corey Flintoff

U.S. Returns Historical Documents, Stolen From Russia In Chaotic '90s
The United States and Russia haven't been cooperating much in these days of heightened tensions, but the U.S. Embassy in Moscow this week returned 28 valuable historical documents to Russia.

'Godfather' Author Mario Puzo's Archives Headed to Auction

on Freitag, 19 Februar 2016. Posted in General Autograph News

February sale features novel storyboards, letters to Marlon Brando and director Francis Ford Coppola

'Godfather' Author Mario Puzo's Archives Headed to Auction
UPDATE: Puzo's archive sold for $625,000 at auction. 

A massive, 45-box archive originating from the estate of The Godfather author-screenwriter Mario Puzo is headed to auction in February. The treasure trove of material includes thousands of pages, drafts, notes and varying versions of both the novel manuscript and film screenplay, the latter co-written with director Francis Ford Coppola.   

Your Signed Harry Potter Book's Fake, Probably, J.K. Rowling Warns

on Freitag, 05 Februar 2016. Posted in General Autograph News, Autograph forgeries

Your Signed Harry Potter Book's Fake, Probably, J.K. Rowling Warns
Say it ain't so, Jo! In a series of tweets on Friday, J.K. Rowling revealed that your beloved, signed Harry Potter book's fake, probably. Rare book dealers may see an uptick in business as Potterheads scramble to verify their copies in the wake of this news.

Beethoven composition discovered in Greenwich

on Sonntag, 20 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

By Robert Marchant

Beethoven composition discovered in Greenwich
Brendan Ryan noticed it right away.

A professional appraiser, he recently visited the home of a Greenwich woman who was looking to sell some belongings, when his eyes lit on a yellowing sheet of music behind glass, stippled with notes.

Margaret Thatcher's red prime ministerial box sells for £242,500

on Dienstag, 15 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

Margaret Thatcher's red prime ministerial box sells for £242,500
Margaret Thatcher's red prime ministerial dispatch box has sold at auction in London for £242,500.

The blue velvet wedding dress she wore in 1951 sold for £25,000.

They are among 150 items belonging to the late PM being auctioned at Christie's, with bids from as far away as the US, Australia and South Korea.

Janis Joplin's Psychedelic Porsche Brings $1.76 Million at Auction

on Freitag, 11 Dezember 2015. Posted in General Autograph News

Rock legend's iconic 1964 Porsche 356C Cabriolet was expected to fetch $400,000 at RM Sotheby sale

Janis Joplin's Psychedelic Porsche Brings $1.76 Million at Auction
Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche sold for $1.76 million Thursday night at RM Sotheby's "Driven By Disruption" car auction in New York. The iconic vehicle – a pearl-white 1965 Porsche 365c 1600 Cabriolet decked out with a kaleidoscopic Flower Power paint job – was expected to bring between $400,000 and $600,000, CNN reports.
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