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Boston — RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with online bidding through June 16.
Dallas – They called him The Amazing Spider-Steve, this man who spent decades amassing what The Hollywood Reporter described in February as “perhaps the most unique Spider-Man collection in existence.”
Munich, Germany — With total proceeds of more than 1.4 million*, the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on May 31, 2021 yielded a very good result. The sales quota in the Evening Sale alone was at 85% and many of the objects on offer changed owners with excellent price increases. The…
London – On 8 July 2021, Christie’s Classic Week Exceptional Sale will present Isaac Newton’s (1642-1727) handwritten revisions to the Principia, arguably the most important single work in the history of science (estimate: £600,000–900,000). This is an unpublished, working manuscript for Newton’s…
A new collaboration between UK booksellers and authors’ societies will mean that for the first time, writers will receive royalties on secondhand/used book sales.
World of Books, the UK’s largest seller of used books, estimates the market for used books in the UK to be growing at 12% per year and…
Beloved picture book author and artist Eric Carle passed away earlier this week at the age of 91. Carle is perhaps best known for his book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969), the 50th anniversary of which we celebrated in our winter 2019 issue. But Carle’s output included over 70 children’s books…
New York — The must-read novel of 1726 was an unsparing satirical work that ridiculed its author’s many bêtes noires and dealt a sideswipe at the contemporary fashion for travel writing. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was an overnight success and has never lacked for readers since. A pillar…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this nearly 500 lot sale to be held on Saturday, June 19th 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…
Earlier this month, with spring in the air, the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University debuted its new exhibition, Roots to Seeds. Marking the 400th anniversary of the Oxford Botanic Garden, the exhibition digs into the history of botany in Oxford and beyond through the books, manuscripts, and…
Philadelphia — Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of our May 20 Books and Manuscripts auction, which featured a 98% sell-through rate and impressive sales of Pennsylvania material, WWII posters, rare editions, and more. The 131-lot auction achieved $525,861 in total, surpassing its pre-…
