Sotheby's to Auction Lost Capote Novel
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A manuscript of Truman Capote's unpublished first novel, which the author abandoned and claimed to have destroyed, has been found in a box of papers and will be auctioned this week at Sotheby's.
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A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday.
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A rare edition of "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck's epic 1939 tale of Depression-era poverty, sold at auction for $47,800.
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A hand-written book of stories by J.K. Rowling -- the author's first since the blockbuster Harry Potter series -- sold for 1.95 million pounds at auction on Thursday.
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A rare signed first edition Harry Potter book is expected to fetch up to Â£12,000 at auction.
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Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.
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A newly discovered handwritten letter and short story by Ernest Hemingway will be auctioned in December, but custodians of his estate have not granted permission for the works to be published.
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In the auction world almost nothing is more intriguing than fresh, unknown collections. Sothebyâs has found a new route to them this fall: outsourcing the saleâs expert.
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Residents who live near writer Ernest Hemingway's former home in the resort town of Ketchum want to buy the house and move it to settle a dispute with its owner, The Nature Conservancy.
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A first edition of the debut Harry Potter novel by J.K. Rowling is expected to sell for up to 7,000 pounds at an auction on June 26.
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Lovers of Kennedy lore will get a rare chance at owning some common possessions of late President John F. Kennedy and his family in an auction of art, furniture and other effects from their homes.
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Props, paintings and statues from The Da Vinci Code are to be auctioned off to raise money for Lincoln Cathedral.
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Personal letters from people such as Napoleon and John Donne are being sold at auction.
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A rare copy of the Magna Carta, the document that enshrined human rights in English law, is to be sold in New York.
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Christie's will auction the estate of Mexican screen legend Maria Felix including a portrait of her that has never been publicly exhibited and is expected to fetch at least $500,000.
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A long-lost painting by Swedish master Carl Larsson will be auctioned off next week after it was discovered tucked away in a private collection in France for more than a century, an auction house said Thursday.
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The oldest known copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned Thursday for &#36;545,100, a record price for an American 19th-century literary work, Christie's auction house said.