Magna Carta goes up on the auction block (WABC-TV New York)
The freedoms it bestowed were priceless — but the Magna Carta itself will have a very definite price after it’s auctioned off tonight at Sotheby’s. Read full story
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Israeli & International Art Sale To Be Held at Sotheby’s New York (Art Daily)
NEW YORK.- Sotheby’s sale of Israeli & International Art will be held on December 18, 2007 alongside Sotheby’s annual sale of Important Judaica. Read full story
Sotheby’s London to Offer The Shield of Achilles (Art Daily)
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced that on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 it will offer for sale the King of Hanover’s Shield of Achilles, a rare and iconic piece of English Regency silver. Read full story
Rowling’s ‘Beedle the Bard’ Sells for £2 Million (The Book Standard)
The handwritten copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard , by J.K. Rowling, sold for almost £2 million (approximately $4.074 million) at an auction by Sotheby’s, BBC News reported. The proceeds from the book will go to Rowling’s charity, Children’s Voice. Read full story
J.K. Rowling Fairy Tale Sells for 1.95 Million Pounds (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — J.K. Rowling’s handwritten book of fairy tales sold for 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at a London charity sale. Sotheby’s top estimate for “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” one of seven copies made after Rowling finished her last Harry Potter book, was 50,000 pounds. Read full story