A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
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Stansted Mountfitchet, UK — Hollywood royalty comes to Sworders in the spring. The stand-alone auction on March 2 includes more than 100 lots from the family collection of the legendary American actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000).
New York — Boasting more than 400 lots, Swann Galleries’ February 24 auction of Vintage Posters will offer graphic gems from across the centuries and around the globe.
New York – This May, Christie’s is honored to present The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs & Melvin Jacobs. This collection, born from personal bonds with artists and a deep love of art, includes an incredible selection of fine art, photography, jewelry, posters and ephemera. Many of…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Alanna Crow of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women collectors aged 30 and younger.
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Stephen White is no stranger to Fine Books. He has both written for the magazine — about Mark Twain and Mental Photographs albums in our summer 2016 issue — and been written about — his collection of Wright Brothers photography was featured in our winter 2017 issue. White, who is based in Los…
Cincinnati, OH – Hindman will offer more than 300 lots detailing the African American experience in the United States from the Antebellum Period through the Civil Rights Movement to the modern day in its February 23 African Americana auction. This sale brings together property from several…
Newbury, Berkshire, England — A private collection of space photographs and memorabilia from the late space correspondent, writer and space aficionado Tim Furniss, who witnessed pioneering space moments first-hand, is among a vast selection of unique photographs of man’s very first moments in space…
New York — The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF)—officially sanctioned by Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and produced and managed by Sanford L. Smith + Associates—is making its much-anticipated…
Connecticut — The next AntiquarianAuctions.com sale, scheduled for February 23, features just over 290 lots of rare books, documents, photographs and artwork. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com. The six different vendors believe that…
A very busy week coming up:
At Bonhams London on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 15–16, The Connoisseur's Library Sale, in 837 lots. There are a few sets of bindings included, but this sale is largely library furniture and ornaments.
