Event Calendar
| Date(s) | Event | Event Type | Region Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2024 | Turner Auctions & Appraisals - Online Auction
A Secret Vault The online auction features a selection of intriguing items recently discovered, or rediscovered, by the owners, a couple from Northern California. The 95 lots include autographed letters from famous people, postage stamps from Great Britain, and an assortment of gold coins from the 19th-20th centuries. Auction highlights include signed correspondence by the late Princess Diana from 1994; by abolitionist leader John Brown; and by biologist Charles Darwin, known as the father of evolution. Also of note is the Great Britain 30 pence Comedians Error Stamp from 1998 that featured English entertainer Joyce Grenfell. The owners are unsure of the exact provenance of the items in the vault, but many come from overseas and/or were passed down from late family members. In fact, most of the stamps and autographed items were acquired some years ago from Stanley Gibbons in London, England, the world’s oldest rare stamp seller and one of the foremost purveyors of such collectibles. (However, despite its prominence and 167-year history, the company has had a recent change of fortune. After its ill-fated purchase in December 2023 of the world’s most expensive stamp, the British Guiana 1c Magenta, Stanley Gibbons has now become part of the Strand Collectibles Group.) Eventually, the owners’ items were shipped from Europe and were sent to a storage vault in Wyoming. There other items accumulated over time, and they rested for some years -- only to be rediscovered recently when the owners moved to California. And what a marvelous surprise it must have been to revisit the vault! Now the couple has moved the rediscovered items to auction, in hopes that others will enjoy and appreciate in the light of day what has been hidden away for years. 10:30am - 1:30pm Turner Auctions + Appraisals So. San Francisco, CA More info |
Auctions | Virtual |
| November 8, 2024 - November 10, 2024 | 46th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
The Boston Book Fair is the annual fall gathering for book lovers and collectors, featuring the top selection of items available on the international literary market. Mark your calendars for the 46th annual gathering of U.S. and international dealers, sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. This three-day event features fine and rare materials from around the globe, including manuscripts, modern first editions, children’s books, ephemera, maps and autographs, as well as antiquarian books on a vast array of topics. Fri 4pm - 8pm / Tickets $25 Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA More info |
Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 13, 2024 | Swann Auction Galleries
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books Swann Auction Galleries New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| May 1, 2024 | Doyle - New York
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps The selection of Americana features important autograph letter from Thomas Jefferson on the arrest of Toussant Louverture and a prisoner discharge signed by Abraham Lincoln. Among the maps are a rare example of Matthew Dripps’ Map of the City of New-York, Moses Greenleaf’s Map of the State of Maine, and Joseph Bouchette’s monumental ten sheet Topographical map of the Province of Lower Canada. Literature includes a fine collection of books by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including a rare signed copy of his novel of the French Riviera, Tender is the Night. William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Mosquitoes are offered in dust jacket and a great rarity is Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, one of 250 signed deluxe copies. In children’s literature, signed first limited editions in dust jacket of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh and House at Pooh Corner are included as is an inscribed 1869 edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Fine printing includes the magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner and early books include Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. 10am EXHIBITION SPECIAL PREVIEW Doyle - New York New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 20, 2024 | Swann Auction Galleries
Illustration Art Swann Auction Galleries New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
