The short, unpublished letter had been in the same private collection for at least a century before it was acquired by the Raab Collection in Pennsylvania earlier this year.
Tag: Collectors and Collections
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Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ First ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?
One of Freddie Mercury’s early drafts, which is being auctioned by Sotheby’s, shows that he crossed out “Mongolian” and substituted the now-famous title.
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Man Charged With Stealing Ruby Slippers Worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
An indictment charged Terry Jon Martin with stealing the red-sequined pumps from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., in 2005. The slippers were recovered in a sting operation in 2018.
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Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Sells for $38.1 Million
The Codex Sassoon, believed to date from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at Sotheby’s by the American Friends of the ANU — Museum of the Jewish People.
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The Not-So-Small World of Tom Bishop’s Chicago International Miniatures Show
For over 40 years, Tom Bishop’s dollhouse miniatures show has been the gold standard for serious collectors and hobbyists alike.