Crowned heads rule in RR’s Feb. 9 Autographs & Artifacts sale

One-page King Henry VIII signed document from 1533, est. $35,000-$40,000
One-page King Henry VIII signed document from 1533, est. $35,000-$40,000
One-page King Henry VIII signed document from 1533, est. $35,000-$40,000

BOSTON – Remarkable documents and other ephemera directly tied to royalty are featured in RR Auction‘s February 9 Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale. Boasting more than 1,000+ lots, the auction is highlighted by royal autographs from the Tudor era to the present day — including King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, the Romanov princesses, Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Charles. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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Sworders ventures ‘out of the ordinary’ with flea circus props, April 13-14

Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth'
Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth'
Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin’s Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth’

STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, England – The Out of the Ordinary auction at Sworders on April 13-14 is its largest to date, numbering close to 600 lots. The sale brings together the weird and the wonderful, from an original Dalek from the Doctor Who television series to a sword presented by Catherine the Great to a cossack who helped put down a rebellion to ‘the Smallest Show On Earth’ –the UK’s last surviving flea circus.

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