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The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has returned to the Park…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with 2025 David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize…
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Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Daniel Sarmiento, Curator in the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University in New York:
What is your role at your institution?
Quentin Blake at 90: A Birthday Auction in Support of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration at Bonhams raised £390,023. Each of the 139 lots found a buyer making it a white glove sale. The online auction ran on bonhams.com from Friday December 2 - Friday December 16, the day the…
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of this 500+ lot sale which was held on Saturday, December 10th, 2022. When the hammer finally fell silent after a long day of competitive bidding, 57 lots made $1,000-2,999; 18 lots made $3,000-9,999; and one lot broke the five figure…
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) have announced a new collaborative project, BibliographyWeek.org. This new venture promotes Bibliography Week and aims to make it easier for attendees to…
To open our 20th anniversary year, join us for an evening at Chawton House and be amongst the first few to see a very special edition of Jane Austen’s Emma before it goes on public display.
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers is proud to present the comic and comic art collection of Andy Yanchus on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2023.
A couple quiet weeks coming up in the sale rooms but here are the sales I'll be watching:
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is delighted to present its newest exhibition: What Might You Do? Christian Robinson. It opens January 14, 2023 and is on view through June 4, 2023. In only 10 years, Christian Robinson has emerged as a transformative voice in children’s literature.…
The David Stather Library, a remarkable private collection put together over a lifetime, is to be sold in a single-owner sale at Tennants Auctioneers, North Yorkshire on January 25. The books have been lovingly preserved by Stather and the auction provides a rare opportunity to purchase books from…
Highlights from Yesterday’s Gallery & Babylon Revisited Rare Books latest catalogue, 167, of Vintage Cocktail Recipe Books:
* Bar La Florida Cocktails, 1939
Uncommon collection of cocktail recipes used as a promotion for the Bar La Florida. The bar was a favorite of Hemingway.
* The…
