Auction Guide Autumn 2020 | Fine Books & Collections

Auction Guide Autumn 2020

Auction Guide Autumn 2020

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Something for Everyone

Heritage
Once Upon a Time

Hindman
Delights for All Collectors

Rare Books

Eric Johnson-DeBaufre, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian for the Watkinson Library at Trinity College, poses with a collection of scraps from the archives containing a page from an Aelius Donatus.

Previously Unknown 15th Century Text by Gutenberg Associates Discovered

Tolkien Letter on Tom Bombadil: Rare Book of the Week

Surrealist Artists' Books Go On Display

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Visual Art

Robert Louis Stevenson figure and bench structure during the sculpting process

Robert Louis Stevenson Statue Set for Unveiling

Lawrence Klein Comic Books and Comic Book Art to Auction

Rare Iron Man, Captain America, and Batman Comic Art to Auction

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Exhibitions

The Alchemist by Mattheus van Helmont, 1600s, oil on canvas

New Permanent Exhibition Showcasing Rare Books on Alchemy Opens Today

Unseen Charles Dickens Items on Display for First Time

Tove Jansson's Illustrations Focus of New Exhibition

Americana

Captain Robert A. Lewis’s mission-used flight logbook from the Enola Gay

Enola Gay’s Hiroshima Logbook and Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Lyrics Lead RR Auction Sale

Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

Sponsored

On the Origin of Species

First Edition of “On the Origin of Species” Features at Ripley

1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Auctions

De Cartis Salutat(ionis?)

15th Century Clerk’s Manual and Project Blue Book: The Week in Rare Books

Major Collection of Early English Bibles to Auction

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

Book People

Artist's impression of the new Jack Kerouac Center

First Look at Jack Kerouac Center Designs

Chelsea Rare Book Fair Returns This Month

Bright Young Booksellers: Dr. Irene Malfatto

Photographs

May 1956, Ernest Hemingway and a 730lb Marlin

Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' Location Photos to Auction

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction