A rare 1932 cover illustration of "Tintin in America" by Herge, the artist who dreamed up the boy reporter, on Saturday fetched a record 1.3 million euros ($1.6 million) at an auction in Paris. full story ![]()

A rare book of verse by renowned Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova fetched 1.7 million rubles (about $54,000) when it went under the hammer in Moscow, setting a record auction price, an antiquarian bookseller said.
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A unique first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” with notes from author J.K. Rowling, has sold for a record $227,421 at a London charity auction. The 1997 book, featuring handwritten notes, 22 original illustrations and a 43-page “second thoughts” commentary by the author, sold for the highest price to date for a printed book by Rowling, auction house...
washingtonpost.com (1 day ago)

Remodeler David Gonzalez found quite the unique treasure in a fixer-upper home he purchased in Elbow Lake, Minnestota. While examining the insulation of his $10,100 property, the man discovered a pricey copy of the 1938 Action Comics #1 hidden in the wall of his house, reports The Star Tribune. Best known as the first appearance of the Krypton-born hero, Superman, the issue...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
(Reuters) - A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.
reuters.com (2 days ago)
A home remodeler reportedly made the discovery of a lifetime while gutting a property in Minnesota: A 1938 comic book worth more than $100,000. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that David Gonzalez, 34, made the startling find amid old newspapers used to insulate a wall of a residence he was renovating in Elbow Lake, Minn. The Action Comics No. 1 issue, which features a...
foxnews.com (1 day ago)

Nicholas Blincoe on last night's PEN auction, where JK Rowling's first book sold for a record amount.
telegraph.co.uk (20 hours ago)

Nicholas Blincoe on last night's PEN auction, where JK Rowling's first book sold for a record amount.
telegraph.co.uk (1 day ago)
JFK memorabilia fetches about $2M at auction; leather bomber jacket sold for $570,000
msn.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
JFK memorabilia fetches about $2M at auction; leather bomber jacket sold for $570,000
abcnews.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

By all accounts, the auction Saturday at J&J Auction Service in Sheppton offered the usual fare of old toys, antique pictures and furniture, and hundreds of other items that were once a part of someone's life. But this auction had something different: a
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