Fine Books & Collections

First Edition of "On the Origin of Species" Features at Ripley rosie Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:45

1859 First Edition of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions Two-part September 23 event will also feature Matisse, Milne, Vonnegut and Cather; rare-book consignments accepted through September 9 span class="field field--na

$300,000 Auction Estimate for Benjamin Franklin Promissory Note An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange repayment of a French loan that helped finance the American Revolution leads the Freeman's/...

'The Worlds of Gertrude Stein' Opens at the Harry Ransom Center The Worlds of Gertrude Stein exhibition at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texa...

Washington, Einstein and Hemingway Lead Autographs Sale A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp James McHenry is among the highlights of RR Auction 's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction...

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction A collection of Type 1 photographs from the personal collection of longtime official photographer of the San Francisco 49ers Michael Zagaris will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions ' Summer

Morgan Library Awarded $2.5m to Make Historic Manuscripts Accessible The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5m grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major projec...

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors Highlights of Swann Galleries ' annual summer Vintage Posters auction on July 30 include: Ernest Montaut, Cabanne - Nirouet (Ch. Wallac, Paris, c.1905) span class="field...

2026 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Makes History 39-year-old lawyer from Tampa Chris Dutton has become the first 'Young Hemingway' ever to win Sloppy Joe's Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest . span class="field field--name-uid field--ty...

Rare First Edition of Robert Burns' 'Kilmarnock' Goes on Display Printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson during the summer of 1786 and published on July 21, 1786, the first edition of Robert Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect known as the 'Kilmarno