Profiles in History faced a challenge as it readied for auction part two of “The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector,” offered on May 30 in Calabasas, California. A typical collection’s part two is often like the second novel that follows an author’s ballyhooed debut. Six months earlier, part one had done so gloriously[...]

What was arguably the most exciting of the several end-of-year auctions of historical documents in 2012 did not take place in New York City. It happened on the West Coast, the so-called left coast, the one that some East-Coasters tend to dismiss or even malign. The venue was Profiles in History, Calabasas, California. Surprised? If[...]

What does a dispossessed Cherokee tribe, a John Lennon-Eric Clapton supergroup and Marilyn Monroe’s unborn son have in common? All were shopping for an apartment on the Upper East Side on Monday afternoon. Well, not exactly, but it is possible to shop for both a $4 million apartment and a $40,000 manuscript at the Douglas[...]