Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Autograph note
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Before we get to the upcoming sales, some notes from last week:
Wilde Mental Photographs
Oscar Wilde’s ‘Confessions’ Raise $60,000+
What was Oscar Wilde’s favorite amusement? “Writing sonnets and reading.” Favorite occupation? “Reading my own sonnets.” Aim in life? “Success: fame or even notoriety.”
Audre Lorde in Her Home Study
LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History at Swann August 13
New York — The second annual offering of a specialty sale of LGBTQ
Oscar Wilde inscription
Inscribed Oscar Wilde First Edition Sells for $110,000
Paris – Christie's Books department is pleased with today’s results totaling €2,5 million.
Presidents, Writers, and Prominent Women at Swann Galleries’ Autographs Auction
Fine Books' Most-Read Posts of 2015
It's always fun--and edifying--at this time of year to take a "backward glance" at the most popular reads on our site.
Inscribed First Editions of the World’s Best Books at Sotheby’s London on November 24
Philadelphia Goes 'Wilde' with New Exhibit, Opera
Newly Discovered Works by Oscar Wilde on Exhibit at the Rosenbach
PHILADELPHIA, PA—The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia is thrilled to announce the upcoming display of newly discovered works by Oscar Wilde (1854??1900), one of the world’s most influe
Newly Discovered Works by Oscar Wilde to be Displayed in Exhibition at the Rosenbach