Event Calendar
| Date(s) Sort descending | Event | Event Type | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 16, 2023 | Book Launch: Contemporary Issues in Rare Book and Manuscript Collecting by Spencer W. Stuart
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum invites you to celebrate the launch of author Spencer W. Stuart's new publication Contemporary Issues. Join us for a lecture followed by a Q&A and wine reception. Contemporary Issues provides collectors and those in the Trade with detailed examinations of the economics of the structural transformations currently taking place in the world-wide market for rare books, manuscripts, prints and photographs. It examines the specific cultural transformations within the collecting ecosystem and discusses the broader social impacts of collecting in society as a whole. Especially for Collectors, Contemporary Issues examines many topics not historically discussed or directly addressed. Historically collecting was a cultural practice reserved for a select few with considerable financial resources. The emerging Networked collecting ecosystem challenges this portrait as well as redefines the fundamental motivations that compel one to collect. Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum Seattle, WA More info |
Lecture | West |
| February 23, 2023 | Doyle Online Auction
Sporting & Travel Books This exciting auction offers rare books, manuscripts and photographs on angling, sport and travel around the globe. Featured is Property from the very fine Collection of Alastair Bradley Martin. Offered are finely bound editions of The Compleat Angler and other standard works on angling and shooting. Offered from the Collection of John Valle Sporting Books are titles on big game, books by Theodore Roosevelt, and two original paintings by John Seerey-Lester. 10am - Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted Doyle Auctions New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Virtual |
| March 4, 2023 - March 5, 2023 | Capital Whofest & Sci-Fi Book Fair
Capital WhoFest 2023: Confirmed Guests: Peter Davison, "The Fifth Doctor" and Sarah Sutton, "Nyssa of Traken" Peter Davison played the Fifth Doctor from 1981 to 1984, beginning with an appearance at the conclusion of Logopolis, continuing from Castrovalva to The Caves of Androzani. He reprised the role for the Children in Need specials Dimensions in Time (1993) and Time Crash (2007) and voiced him for numerous Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions since 1999. Outside of Who, Davison is also well-known for his role as Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small. Sarah Sutton played Nyssa in Doctor Who from The Keeper of Traken to Terminus, as well as Nyssa's doppelganger Ann Talbot in Black Orchid. She also made a cameo appearance as Nyssa in The Caves of Androzani and reprised the role in the thirtieth anniversary special Dimensions in Time. Nyssa was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors from 1981 to 1983. VIP Pass: $399 - Access to the book and memorabilia fair; Weekend Pass: $99 - Access to the book and memorabilia fair;
- Access to the book and memorabilia fair on the second floor of the clubhouse. Book and Memorabilia Fair Admission: Free City Tavern Club Washington, DC More info |
Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
| March 18, 2023 - March 19, 2023 | Ephemera 43 Fair
The event brings together the finest gathering of paper specialists and collectors in the world. The Ephemera of Travel is the focus of ESA’s conference leading up to the fair, which features more than 80 exhibitors from throughout the world, offering a wide array of materials that range from trade cards and photographs to textile swatches, tobacco tins, radio premiums, vinyl records, and much more. Sat 10am* – 6pm (*9am for ESA members) Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 in advance Hyatt Regency Old Greenwich Old Greenwich, CT More info |
Other Events | Mid-Atlantic |
| May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023 | The Georgetown Rare Book Fair
The Georgetown Rare Book Fair will bring antiquarian booksellers from across the country to Washington DC's historic City Tavern Club. The fair will open with a preview night on Friday evening with wine, beer, special literary-themed cocktails, canapes, musical entertainment and first access to the books on sale in this historic venue dating back to 1796. Sat & Sun: Free & open to the public City Tavern Club Washington, DC More info |
Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
