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Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Swann Galleries' April 13 Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features an exciting an array…
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Auctions March 27, 2023
A cookery book whose renowned author coined the term ‘chef’ and laid the blueprint for modern restaurant dining is set to serve up a tasty price at auction.
Published in 1871, The Household Cookery Book by famous French cuisinier Urbain Dubois goes under the hammer with Richard Winterton…
Auctions March 27, 2023
An original and uncirculated example of the first Canadian banknote to feature a portrait of the eventual Queen, Elizabeth II, sold for $132,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' March 23 World Paper Money Auction.
The Serial Number 7 Canada Bank of Canada $20 1935 BC-10 French Text PMG Choice…
Current Events & Trends March 24, 2023
Highlights from Donald A Heald Rare Books’ latest catalogue Colour Plate Books (1800-1883) including:
Current Events & Trends March 24, 2023
Ohio is packed with parts of medieval books and some of the finest manuscript examples are now on display in Deathless Fragments, a new exhibition at The Ohio State University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library.
Book Reviews March 24, 2023
As Good as a Marriage, The Anne Lister Diaries 1836-38 by Jill Liddington continues the story of the woman known as Gentleman Jack to millions of viewers of the HBO and BBC television series of the same name.
We reported in the winter issue of Fine Books & Collections on the diaries, the…
Auctions March 23, 2023
Recognised as one of the great scholar-dealers of Chinese art, James Lally has been a leader in the field for more than 40 years. On March 23, a live auction at Christie’s in New York features 138 objects from his namesake gallery, J. J. Lally & Co. The auction will also be accompanied by the…
News March 23, 2023
Six unseen and unpublished autograph letters from Roger Casement to his regular correspondent and confidant the German journalist Max Karstensen are to be offered at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in London on March 29. They are estimated at £4,000-6,000 ($4,900-$7,400).
Current Events & Trends March 23, 2023
A new online resource which contains all the original illustrations to Charles Dickens's novels and Sketches by Boz has launched. Users can download and use all the images for free.
Current Events & Trends March 23, 2023
The home of Laurence Sterne, author of the groundbreaking The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman has been awarded a Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) grant of £166,250 to carry out essential repairs.
Auctions March 22, 2023
Heritage will offer a selection of the late Dr. Paul Greenberg's extraordinary photograph collection in its Photographs Auction on April 4 plus wilderness and nature photography by Ansel Adams, naked Marilyns by Bert Stern, a collection of photographs by one of the top British photographers, Bill…