A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
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Philadelphia — Timothy Cesar. Cuff Liberty. Jabez Pottage. Jonas Sunsaman. Nearly 200 rare documents bearing the names of Black and Native American soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War are now in the collection of the Museum of the American Revolution.
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 600+ lot sale to be held on Saturday, February 26th starting at 10am CDT. The event will be held online and live streamed, with a limited number of bidders physically allowed in the gallery as determined by current Illinois public…
Boston — Johann Sebastian Bach signed document acknowledging payments for the annual performance of a funeral motet on St. Sabina's Feast Day sold at auction.
An excessively rare handwritten receipt by composer Johann Sebastian Bach sold for $400,000, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
Los Angeles – The Getty Research Institute has acquired an archive of more than 250 artist’s books. The Max Gimblett Artist’s Book Collection, created by painter, calligrapher, and Zen monk Max Gimblett, are a gift by the artist and his wife, scholar and curator Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. These…
The 54th California International Antiquarian Book Fair opens tomorrow in Oakland, and aside from the thousands of books, maps, and manuscripts for sale, this year’s fair will feature a major historical exhibition on wine and viticulture, drawn from the collection of the Shields Library at the…
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries' Comic Books Sale 3022 held on February 3rd had an unprecedented percentage of 99% sale rate. The auction witnessed a large number of new bidders that were particularly active and competitive throughout the whole sale. Top prices were fetched for several "unslabbed"…
A new exhibition at the National Library of Wales celebrates its collection of the country’s fine bookbinding tradition.
Surrey, England — To be sold at auction on Thursday 10th March, this exceptional work, which is dated 1963, was produced for a family with whom Betjeman was staying in Anglesey and is the first known draft of A Bay in Anglesey. The poem was first published in the Cornhill magazine’s winter 1964-65…
For the seventh year in a row, the New York Academy of Medicine Library is hosting its annual coloring festival on social media. Libraries, museums, and archives around the world have uploaded the latest batch of coloring books based on rare books, prints, and maps from their collections.
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries' Fine Art and Photography Sale 753 held on January 27th was a very successful auction with lot of activity. It aroused a deep interest on lots of great diversity; the prints and lithographs did particularly well.
