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January 23, 2021

Rejected Tintin Cover Art Fetches €3.2m at Auction

In 1936, Tintin creator, Hergé (born Georges Remi), created a piece of art using Indian…

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December 19, 2020

Isaac Newton half-burned notes sell for £380,000

Isaac Newton's unpublished notes, half-burnt in an accident involving Newton's dog, have been sold at…

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December 1, 2020

$1.5 million paid at auction for rare Batman comic book

A Detective Comics (DC) comic book from 1939 was sold at auction for $1.5 million.…

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November 20, 2020

Rugby School to Sell Rare Editions From Shakespeare, Dickens, and Aristotle

The Rugby boarding School in England has announced that it is going to be auctioning…

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November 2, 2020

UK library may reclaim £42,500 Harry Potter book sold in USA

A UK library in Portsmouth will attempt to reclaim an old Harry Potter book after…

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October 16, 2020

Shakespeare’s First Folio Sells for Almost $10 Million at Auction

A copy of The Bard's First Folio, published shortly after his death in 1623 has…

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September 27, 2020

1665 Great Plague of London health pamphlet is eerily similar to 2020 Covid advice

A recently discovered health advice document issued during the Great Plague of London strikes eerie…

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July 16, 2020

The Hobbit bought for 50p has been sold for £16K

A copy of The Hobbit has been sold for £16,ooo after being bought for only 50 pence…

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December 18, 2019

Harry Potter first edition bought for a penny is worth over £2K

A Harry Potter first edition book, signed by JK Rowling, was bought for only a…

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November 22, 2019

Rare Charlotte Bronte book coming home after museum auction

The Bronte Society bought a book written by Charlotte Bronte at the age of 14…

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