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#12506365
26 June 2025
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Cecco di Ronchitti da Bruzene. Dialogo in perpuosito de la stella nuova'' (Padua, 1605), an exceptionally rare first edition of Galileo's first published work, co-authored with Girolamo Spinelli and written in vernacular dialect to challenge Aristotelian cosmology through a witty dialogue sparked by the 1604 supernova; no other copy recorded on the market in over a century, estimate: GBP500,000 - 700,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.
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#12506366
26 June 2025
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler looks at a love letter from John Lennon to his girlfriend Cynthia, written in Hamburg in April 1962 after Stuart Sutcliffe's death, capturing Lennon's raw grief, tenderness, and longing at a pivotal moment in Beatles history, estimate: GBP30,000 - 40,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.
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#12506355
26 June 2025
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds Gladstone Missal, beautiful Renaissance illuminated manuscript once owned by British Prime Minister William Gladstone (who served from 1868 to 1894 - the longest tenure of any British Prime Minister), estimate: GBP200,000 - 300,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.
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#12506354
26 June 2025
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Tale of Petter Rabbit'' by Beatrix Potter, privately printed first edition of Potter's debut, one of only 250 copies - origin story of the beloved classic, estimate: GBP40,000 - 60,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.
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#11821616
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member holds a true first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, one of just 500 copies printed (estimate: GBP80,000-120,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821617
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member looks at exceptionally rare first edition, author's offprint issues, of Einstein's Nobel Prize-winning papers, from the library of pioneering theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (estimate GBP70,000-100,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821610
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member holds a brooch titled 'A Roman Agate Cameo with a Dog', set in 19th century, (estimate: GBP30,000-50,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821599
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: An art handler holds The Dune Bible an extraordinary artefact from Alejandro Jodorowsky's epic Dune project (estimate: GBP250,000-350,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821600
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: An art handler holds The Dune Bible an extraordinary artefact from Alejandro Jodorowsky's epic Dune project (estimate: GBP250,000-350,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821601
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member looks at large Elephant Bird Egg, pre-17th century Madagascar (estimate GBP30,000-50,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821592
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member holds a brooch titled 'A Roman Agate Cameo with a Dog', set in 19th century, (estimate: GBP30,000-50,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#11821593
30 November 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member holds a brooch titled 'A Roman Agate Cameo with a Dog', set in 19th century, (estimate: GBP30,000-50,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.
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#10867258
21 December 2023
A jade mahjong set is being previewed at an auction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on December 19, 2023.
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#10867259
21 December 2023
A jade mahjong set is being previewed at an auction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on December 19, 2023.
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#10867260
21 December 2023
A jade mahjong set is being previewed at an auction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on December 19, 2023.
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#10867261
21 December 2023
A jade mahjong set is being previewed at an auction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on December 19, 2023.
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