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The Ross Perot Foundation’s copy of the Magna Carta, dated 1297, sold tonight at Sotheby’s for $21.3 million, barely hitting the presale estimates of $20-30 million.AFP reports that the document was “picked up by a telephone bidder.”[Slightly later: Reuters adds that the buyer was private equity fi

A rare Hemingway proof of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ sold for $96,000 at Swann Galleries’ auction on 29th November.

Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when a copy of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York.

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — Glittering festive lights hang from the 20-metre Christmas tree in the market square, but this Swiss alpine city boasts an even brighter star.

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) _ A rare first edition of the Book of Mormon once owned by a Utah newspaper music critic fetched $97,900 at auction Wednesday.

Q: How do I have my first edition 1885 book, the personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, authenticated? Hand written in the front is a dedication by Grant.