Books & Manuscripts
Lenin-authored telegram auctions for $78,000 at Christie's
A 1917 telegram authored by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin has auctioned in the UK
Bach's Partitas for Keyboard expected to make $194,000
A first edition copy of Bach's Partitas for Keyboard is to star at Sotheby's this month
For Whom the Bell Tolls: New movie tells the story of Hemingway's inspiration
Nicole Kidman will play the great writer's wife Martha Gellhorn in a film which could boost his memorabilia
Culinary advice for 'virgins, wives, or widows' on offer at Bloomsbury Auctions
An 18th century English cook book is one of several lots sure to attract investors and gourmets next week
£300,000 for secret meetings between the British and Saudis
A London auction has sold a unique archive of documents including a dispute over Iraq's borders
$15k for a Jewish cookbook
A rare first edition of the first Jewish recipe book to be released in America goes under the hammer
£100k for Agatha Christie's mysterious treasure chest
A fan of the crime writer has 'cracked Christie's last case... and discovered a fortune
$135k for a Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works
A beautifully bound and preserved Folio of the Bard's plays has reached sunny California
Rare Superman comics for sale by Sunday
Highlight issues of the Silver Age of Comics introduce the Legion of Super-Heroes and Supergirl
$25k for the 'first ever' map of Australia
The entire account of Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia is to auction in Scotland
$122k for Galileo's first ever telescope observations
The text has sold alongside Uncle Tom's Cabin, 'the most influential C19th fictional work,' at Sotheby's
