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Highlights of the Potter & Potter Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia auction on April 18…
Highlights from the collection of rare book dealer, publisher, and collector David Aronovitz will…
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The Associated Press reported last week on the loss of historical records and documents in the 9/11 attacks, a frequently (if understandably) overlooked aspect of the tragedy.
This Wednesday Swann Galleries will hold a two-session auction of vintage posters
that are truly fun to look at, which is why a handful of interesting
examples are in order.
New York, NY, July 28, 2011—Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) is among an elite group of nineteenth-century French masters whose style is almost instantly recognizable. Arguably the greatest portraitist of his time, Ingres was a brilliant draftsman, and his drawings have long been prized…
I have always been enamored with the Roycrofters--that very late nineteenth and early twentieth-century guild of artisans in upstate NY named after the seventeenth-century printers Samuel and Thomas Roycroft of London. Heavily influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, Elbert…
DALLAS, TX - The market in rare and vintage movie posters showed steady strength in Heritage Auctions’ $1.3+ million Signature® Movie Poster Auction on July 16 in Dallas, with an insert poster to Universal’s 1935 horror classic Werewolf of London leading the pack with a $47,800 final price realized…
