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Auction
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03.02.09. A
Dublin restaurant manager has found a 70-year-old signed copy of
John F Kennedy’s Harvard thesis, worth up to €5,000, in a box of
old books he bought for €8 at an auction ... more Add
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31.01.09. A
rare medical book dating back almost 300 years is set to go under
the hammer in Lichfield. The pocket-sized book, which was printed
in 1712, was unearthed at an antiques valuation day in Kings Bromley,
and is expected to attract international interest at auction next
month ... more Add
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26.01.09. Gloucestershire
County Council is giving specialist collectors the chance to buy
spare and unused books and texts that are gathering dust in the
county’s libraries ... more Add
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22.01.09. Bloomsbury
Actions have announced the death of David Stagg, one of the three
founding members of the company in 1983 ... more Add
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20.01.09. A
letter by Charles Darwin in which he rails against stupid questions
being asked by "half the fools throughout Europe" has been sold
in Somerset.It was predicted to make about £2,000 at an auction
at Lawrences in Crewkerne but actually sold for £3,800 ... more Add
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07.01.09. Books
illustrated by artist Marc Chagall are expected to fetch £300,000
at Bloomsbury
Auctions on January 29th ... more Add
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01.01.09.
Welcome the the 2009 Book Auction Diary. Nothing much
in it beyond January I'm afraid -- but we will be adding dates just
as soon as they are made available by the auctioneers.
The good news is that at next year end we
should be able to give you a much better idea of of what's in store,
at least for the first quarter. Add a comment
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