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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will mark the longevity of a classic picture book hero…
A series of free public exhibitions focusing on creative and intellectual expression in the…
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A very busy week coming up: First up, the Music and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts sale at Sotheby's London ends on Tuesday, November 30.
“Turn Every Page”: Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive, currently on view at the New-York Historical Society, is the first public exhibition drawn from the archive of the author whose award-winning works on Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson are regarded as masterpieces of modern biography and…
Dallas — One of the first public printings of the Bill of Rights will cross the auction block this month as part of Heritage Auctions' Dec. 9-10 Rare Books Signature® Auction.
Paris – One of the most important scientific autographs ever offered at auction: a 54-page manuscript written jointly by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso sold €11,656,560 / £9,803,667/ $13,156,521, quadrupling its pre-sale estimate, realising a new world auction for any science manuscript and the…
London – There was a time not so long ago when the Collected Works of Charles Dickens, like the Bible and Shakespeare, could be found on the shelves of most homes across Britain. But looking at such forbidding leather-bound volumes, it’s easy to forget that many of Dickens’ full-length novels…
Paris – On November 22, 2021, the Rare Books and Manuscripts auction realised a total of €5,277,625/ £4,438,709 / $5,956,748 more than three times the low presale estimate and selling 97% by value. The sale attracted bidders from all over the world (registered bidders from 38 countries) and…
Salt Lake City, UT — A collection of rare and historic letters, books, documents, and art relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church) is available for purchase, with artifacts valued at 3.2 million dollars.
The G. Ralph Bailey collection offers insight into the history…
Vintage posters with literary significance never cease to interest me, and one that is going to auction later today encouraged some enlightening research into a little-known artist. The poster was published by London Transport in 1938.
Cincinnati, OH – A renowned Civil War collection, singular historical memorabilia, photographs and manuscripts drove strong prices across two days of American Historical Ephemera and Photography at Hindman Auctions. The November 12th Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca auction achieved over $…
Colorado Springs, CO — CABS-Minnesota has announced that it is currently accepting applications for its Diverse Voices Fellowship program. CABS-Minnesota seeks to build a cohort of five fellows who are interested in learning more about the antiquarian and rare book trade and who have found…
