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40-Year Hemingway Book Collection, Buyer Pays $556K for Eiffel Tower Steps, and More Fresh News

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
A 40-year collection of rare Ernest Hemingway first editions, other Hemingway books and autographed material will be auctioned on Dec. 3.
A 40-year collection of rare Ernest Hemingway first editions, other Hemingway books, and autographed material will be auctioned on Dec. 3.

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • On December 3, Jasper52 will auction a 40-year collection of Ernest Hemingway books – some of them first editions – along with rare Hemingway family-autographed ephemera. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers. [Read more from Auction Central News]
  • They say there’s a buyer for everything, and that includes a small section of winding stairs that previously stood in the Eiffel Tower. Following a ferocious bidding war, an Asian collector prevailed on the stairsteps from Paris’ most celebrated landmark, paying $556,000. [Read more from CBS News]
  • Golf nuts around the world are eyeing a one-of-a-kind prize being offered online. One of the great Arnold Palmer’s Masters Tournament trophies is being auctioned, and bidding has already surpassed $208,000. [Read more from PGA.com]
  • The Broadwood upright piano on which John Lennon composed ‘A Day in the Life,’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and many other iconic songs is headed to auction. It’s the highlight of Sotheby’s Dec. 10 Rock & Roll Anthology sale and is estimated at $1.2 million to $1.8 million. [Read more at Sothebys.com]

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