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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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New York — The International Center of Photography (ICP) is excited to announce a recent major gift from The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation to name The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Special Collections Room, adjacent to ICP’s William Randolph Hearst Library at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of…
Chicago – Hindman Auctions set a house record on November 9 and 10 when its Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction achieved a sales total of $1.5 million, the most ever for a various owner Fine Books & Manuscript auction in the company’s 39 year history. The 686 lot…
Connecticut -- A new departure for AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US: their next sale is being offered exclusively on the LiveAuctioneers.com platform (https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/218924_rare-books-documents-photos-and-artwork/). The sale of just over 300 lots includes selections from…
Another jam-packed week coming up in the salerooms:
Coming up at Sotheby’s later this month is a three-part sale from the Dorothy Tapper Goldman collection of constitutions and related historical documents, including one of just thirteen copies of the Official Edition of the Constitution and at least one constitution from every U.S. state. In this…
Boston — Lee Harvey Oswald's U. S. Marine Corps Score Book sold for $75,000 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The 80-page softcover workbook issued on December 3, 1956, was filled out by Oswald. The first few pages of the workbook contain instructions for shooting and scoring, with Oswald's…
The Scottish poet Robert Burns was exhumed twice, and the second time, an illustrated publication marked the morbid event.
Dallas — More than 900 bidders were on the case at Heritage Auctions' Nov. 6 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction.
But the day's biggest mystery was solved when the final price for a handwritten page from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original manuscript of his beloved Sherlock Holmes book The…
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum announces the appointment of Elizabeth Abbarno as Director of Exhibition and Collection Management. In this critical role, Abbarno will oversee the implementation of the Morgan’s ambitious exhibition program and take a lead role in stewarding a collection…
For unclear reasons presumably related to marketing, a company called Lawn Love just released a list of the ‘Best Cities for Book Lovers’ in the U.S. At the top is Pasadena, California, noted for its high rankings in book sales and book swaps. Pasadena does have a vibrant community of independent…
