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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will mark the longevity of a classic picture book hero…
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Los Angeles, CA / Nashville, TN – Julien’s Auctions announced the launch of the exclusive, online charity auction Music Health Alliance Second Annual Handwritten Lyrics Auction at juliensauctions.com. The auction will start closing in real time and in lot order for live bidding at 11:00 a.m.…
It’s October! Time to check in with “Weird Historian” (and book collector) Marc Hartzman.
London — Fitzrovia Gallery, London, is delighted to announce a joint exhibition by the acclaimed British artists Liza Campbell and Jolyon Fenwick, to run from the 25th to the 31st of October. Entitled Life’s Too Short to Live in Black and White, the presentation is comprised of a new work by…
London – On 15 December 2021, Christie’s Valuable Books & Manuscripts auction will present the Darwin Family Microscope (estimate: £250,000 – 350,000), as part of Christie’s Classic Week. With direct provenance from Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the Gould-type microscope by Cary was gifted by…
Ten years ago this month we launched our "Bright Young Things" series with a profile of Teri Osborn, then working for William Reese & Co. in New Haven, Connecticut. In its early days, the series focused on young booksellers, but quickly expanded to include librarians and collectors as well.
Paris – The action of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses famously takes place over a single day in Dublin and so vivid is the author’s depiction of the city that it almost becomes a character in its own right. As well as readily identifiable locations, Joyce also incorporated real Dubliners…
New York — Fine Books & Autographs are at Swann Galleries Thursday, October 28 with a selection of exceedingly rare material set to hit the auction block. Autographs, literature and art books alike will feature scarce to market offerings ranging from pop culture phenoms and scientists to…
New York -- Yesterday at Sotheby’s in New York, an illustrated Hebrew prayerbook dating to the late 13th/early 14th century in Southern Germany, sold for $8.3 million – well above the pre-sale estimate of $4/6 million – and established a new auction record for a Hebrew manuscript. The prayerbook…
In the fifteenth-century, physicians might consult the stars as they pondered when medieval interventions might work best. A book recording saints’ days, times of sunrise and sunset, the sun’s position in the zodiac, and eclipse tables needed to be close at hand, perhaps even suspended from his or…
New York –– The 85th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on Sunday, November 14, features masterpieces and rarities from a century of poster design. The collection includes Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, and Contemporary lithographs and maquettes that are ideally suited to a…
