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More than 155 items related to Benjamin Franklin including printed ephemera, books, letters,…
Unique Friends scripts and photo album will go under the hammer on June 5 at Heritage Auctions to…
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New York — 70 years ago, Swann Galleries held the first auction dedicated to photography in the United States. The 1952 auction was astonishingly early for a sale devoted to a medium just 113 years old and still finding its artistic footing in the marketplace. Seven decades later, however, the…
A rare image of Charles Dickens with a mustache rather than his more familiar beard has gone on display for the first time at the Charles Dickens Museum in London. The daguerreotype profile portrait of Dickens, made in the early 1850s when he was writing Bleak House and Hard Times was a gift to the…
Oakland, CA – After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 54th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Bay Area on Friday, February 11 through Sunday, February 13, 2022, at the Oakland Marriott City Center with collections and treasures from over 100 booksellers. Among the rich…
Eleven years ago, in March 2011, a librarian came across an enchanting paper sculpture of a tree growing out of an old book—nicknamed ‘poetree’—placed just outside the Scottish Public Library in Edinburgh. The gift came with a note, reading, “We know that a library is so much more than a building…
Philadelphia — When Thomas Jefferson and John Adams went head-to-head in the 1796 United States presidential election, it was the first time that the young nation’s presidential succession system was put to the test, following George Washington’s two uncontested terms. This extremely rare campaign…
London — Chiswick Auctions is thrilled to offer the library and private estate of one of the greatest storytellers and writers of the 20th century, Paul Gallico (1897-1976). The celebrated American-born novelist, screenwriter and journalist is renowned for the writing of a number of significant…
Using various folds, cuts, stitches, and seals, sixteenth-century royals and spies, among others, attempted to keep their secrets safe via ‘letterlocking.’ Last March, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) made headlines when an international team of scholars, including MIT Libraries and…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Elizabeth Kidder of Knoxville, Tennessee, who was an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women collectors aged 30 and younger:
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Amsterdam — The European Fine Art Foundation confirms today that the 35th edition of TEFAF Maastricht will take place Saturday, June 25 – Thursday, June 30, 2022 (by invitation only June 24 and until 2PM on June 25) at the MECC in Maastricht.
