Auction Guide Spring 2020 | Fine Books & Collections

Auction Guide Spring 2020

Auction Guide Autumn 2019

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Metal Works

Heritage
Madison's Gift

Hindman Auctions
An Exceptional Year

Swann
For the Love of Early Books

Visual Art

Diane Arbus, Two Men Dancing at the Drag Ball

$1.3 Million for LGBTQ+ Art & Ephemera at Swann

Rare Posters Auction Totals $1.9 Million in Sales

UK Places Export Ban on Unique Gould Volumes

Sponsored

woman holding books

The Catawiki Books Department Expands Its Reach

‘Democratized’ Book, Map, and Manuscript Auctions Promise Finds in All Price Ranges

Potter & Potter to Auction Science, Americana, and more at October Sale

Exhibitions

Aristotle’s Opera

Rare Editions of Aristotle on Exhibit in NYC

Library Company of Philadelphia Presents Imperfect History Exhibition

Polonsky Exhibition of the NYPL’s Treasures to Open September 24

Rare Books

Frankenstein first edition

Frankenstein Sets World Auction Record for Printed Work by a Woman

Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair Planned for October 21-24 at Saatchi Gallery

Book Guide II Revives Compendium of UK Antiquarian Bookshops

Maps

cerographic printing

Maps in the Time of Cholera

British Library Makes 40,000 Historical Maps Available Online

Americana

John Josselyn's New-Englands Rarities Discovered

Treasures from the Rubenstein Americana Collection to Open at the N-YHS

For Sale: Pat Garrett’s “Billy the Kid” Book Contract

9 Anytime Gifts for Bibliophiles

Auctions

Citroën Black Cruise photo album

Catawiki Hosts Dialogue Historical Photography Auction

Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann September 30

Turing Letter is Top Lot at Bonhams

Book Arts

Artist and author Audrey Niffenegger

Artists Book House Finds a Home

Enchanting Pop-Up Book Celebrating Weird Tales Heads to Auction

Video Fridays: Conserving French Bookbindings at the Morgan Library

Book People

Laurence Sterne's Chair

Tristram Shandy Author’s Chair Returns to His North Yorkshire Home

Fall 2021 Editor’s Shelf: Books about Books

Bright Young Librarians: Eric Ensley

Photographs

Attic Geneva NY

Attic Find of Historic NY Photography Studio goes to Auction

Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires Extraordinary Early Photography Collection

Opening: The New Woman Behind the Camera