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Highlights from the exhibitors at the 2026 New York International Antiquarian Book Fair which runs…
Rare books from the personal library of pioneering British scholar of Armenian and Iranian studies…
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Early Chaucer folios, Samuel Pepys’ diary, a 1652 Don Quixote, plus letters and photos signed by British royals will feature in Everard Auctions' October 19 ‘The Anglophile and The Professor' auction.The sale will feature English books and manuscripts from the collection of Professor Ronald Onorato…
More than 80 lots featuring Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Snoopy and Charles Schulz's other children will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions' 'The Art of Anime and Everything Cool' auction which runs October 20-23.
On Tuesday, October 3, the Christie's New York sale A Century of Art: Photographs from the Gerald Fineberg Collection will close: the 113 lots include August Sander's Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt (1927), estimated at $70,000–90,000 and William Eggleston's Cadillac, 1966–1971 (1999), expected to…
The Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone two-part sale of his Literature and Jazz collection ended with an overall total of £3,815,280. The sales comprised over 500 lots, with significant records set for more than 70 literary works, 15 authors, and a range of jazz memorabilia.
An outstanding private collection of ten lots of playing cards has sold for a total hammer price of £14,040 in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers.Going for 10 times the pre-sale low estimate, the cards, which were sold in group lots, dated from the 18th and 19th centuries…
The Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair will take over St. Bartholomew’s Church at 325 Park Avenue in New York City, from October 5 through October 7. Here are some highlights:* a first printing of Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1 of 500) for $225,000* a first…
This is a guest post by Beth Kephart, author of My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera (Temple University Press, out on November 3)
A new study by psychologists at the University of Durham has found the answer to creating the best first impression in a virtual meeting, such as Teams or Zoom, is a visual background of books.
Two world auction records for books by Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle have just been set today at Christie’s London in the 'Part I of Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone – Literature and Jazz' sale.
Our new Compelling Collections series featuring special collections around the world continues today with an interview with Katherine Litwin, Library Director for the Poetry Foundation Library in Chicago.
