Event Calendar

Fine Books & Autographs
Sale #2573

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

Significant Library of Rare Hebrew Books
Sale #94

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Private Library of Arthur A. Marx.

An astonishing 500 lots with many rare and remarkable works. Almost an entire third of the auction consists of works that date to the 16th century, the Golden Age of Hebrew Printing, especially in Italy. Included are Fine Books from famed printing houses, all First Editions of significant rabbinic texts. We encourage a study of the auction catalogue in detail.

11am

Kestenbaum & Company
Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn, NY

Summer Magic

Our June sale of magicana brings together an array of ephemera dating to the Victorian era and beyond, features props and memorabilia from the careers of many heroes of magic (Cardini, Paul Daniels, Chan Canasta, Jay Marshall, Ricky Jay and others), includes a wide array of choice Houdiniana (signed photos, ephemera, pitchbooks, and letters), and concludes with the third offering vintage and modern magic apparatus from the collection and workshop of Rüdiger Deutsch.

10am

Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W. Belmont Avenue

Chicago, IL

Anthony Pincott, for many years a bookplate collector and member of The Bookplate Society, will give an online talk entitled "Ex-libris Art and Provenance- The Fascination of Bookplates"

It will be illustrated by examples of pictorial and heraldic bookplates (ex-libris) of generations of book owners. There exist tens of thousands of British bookplates, so a theme was chosen when selecting images, namely a connection with the university and city of Oxford.

These printed marks of book ownership span more than three centuries in a wide range of styles, displayed in chronological sequence, where the artform and biography are intertwined.

Well-known artists from Wenceslas Holler to Rex Whistler have produced bookplates,
and particular attention is given to engravers who worked in Oxford. Delve into a world of personal history recalling academics and heralds, politicians, bibliophiles and authors, the famous ,and also some folk whose memory is kept alive only by their bookplates.

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Everyone should arrive ten minutes early with their cameras off and microphones muted.

Participation is free but places are limited and require advance booking.

RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS & PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction features a selection of books and manuscripts relating to T.E. Lawrence, modern classics, important manuscripts, impressive atlases and more. 

10am

Viewing by appt. June 21st & 22nd

Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers
33 Broughton Place

Edinburgh, UK