Current Events & Trends | March 25, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Arcana Auction

From the BBC today a preview of the Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, to be sold by Christie's in July: A collection of manuscripts previously owned by kings, bishops and members of the aristocracy is expected to fetch up to £16m when it is sold at auction. Read on.

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Rare Books

The acquisition includes a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Major Harriet Beecher Stowe Collection Acquired by Vassar College

Major Harriet Beecher Stowe Collection Acquired by Vassar College

Lost Copy of Earliest English Language Poem Discovered in Rome

Americana

Items from the Benjamin Franklin auction in June

$4.5m Estimate for Major Benjamin Franklin Collection Auction

Rare Americana and Declaration of Independence Go On Show Today

Frederick Douglass Letters and Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics to Auction

Book People

Oliver Dickens

Charles Dickens's Great-Great-Great Grandson to Perform Ancestor's Famous 'Sikes and Nancy' Scene

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2026: Opening Night Report

David Ruggles Prize Winner Laurane Reine-Adelaïde on Collecting the Lived Experience of Caribbean Life

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Exhibitions

Robert Lawson, illustration for The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, 1936

90th Anniversary of 'The Story of Ferdinand' Celebrated with Special Exhibition

William Hogarth, Black Poetry, and the Harlem Renaissance lead Beinecke Exhibition Plans

Jane Austen's House Hosts New Clare Twomey Art Installation Inspired by Her Letters

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Photographs

Jules Verne

Signed Authors' Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors

Center for Creative Photography Acquires Nine Photography Archives

The Photography Show Returns

Visual Art

Thunderball artwork, 1965

James Bond Movie Posters Feature in Bonhams' World of Spies Sale

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Confirms Summer Opening Date

Unseen Winnie-the-Pooh Preliminary Sketches Come to Light

Auctions

Friends, The Last One script signed by the cast

Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Scripts and Photo Album at Charity Auction

Marilyn Monroe's Letters, Acting Notes, and Phone Book to Auction

Richard Burton First Editions Lead Armenian and Iranian Scholar's Personal Library Sale

Maps

London in the 18th Century

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors