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For nearly forty years the name bloomsbury auctions has commanded respect in the book auctionworld, from its foundation by lord john kerr, frank hermann and david stagg in 1983 and throughout the numerous successful sales that followed. Sothebys books manuscript department presents its upcoming rare books and manuscripts auctions, auction results, online catalogues, and specialists insights. Sign up for auction alerts and our monthly newsletter to receive expert analysis and insights from our specialists and keep upto. The business was founded as bloomsbury book auctions in 1983 by lord john kerr. Bloomsbury auctions books and manuscripts dreweatts. Dreweatts and bloomsbury get new owner the art newspaper. Sale 268, 14 december 1995 auction catalogue bloomsbury book auctions.
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