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New York — In a two-day sale event, Swann Galleries will offer a special offering of deaccessioned duplicates from the rich collection of Letterform Archive on Wednesday, May 12, alongside the spring offering of Graphic Design on Thursday, May 13.
New York – Lion Heart Autographs, Inc., for more than forty years, one of the world’s premier dealers in rare autographs and manuscripts announced that a rare letter from Alexander Hamilton to James Madison (1790) sold for well over the original estimate at $113,850. The original…
A rather quieter week in the salerooms coming up, but I'll be keeping an eye on three sales, all on Thursday, May 6:
A crop of new names have been honored today at the online awards ceremony of the prestigious DB UK Bookbinding Competition.
Chicago – On May 12, Hindman Auctions will present its spring Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana sale. The auction will showcase 368 lots of books, manuscripts, Americana, prints, and maps. The sale will feature fine collections of Bibles, fine press books, and American prints,…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — A first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is to be sold in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Ephemera Sale on 28th July with an estimate of £20,000-30,000 plus buyer’s premium.
Dallas, TX – One of the most important historical textiles commemorating the death of the co-author of the Federalist Papers is among the fascinating lots in an exceptional single-seller event coming May 15 to Heritage Auctions.
The Alexander Hamilton: A Marvelous Large Scarf Mourning His Death at…
Boston — RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction, boasting nearly 900 items across numerous genres with online bidding April 23 - May 12.
Los Angeles – One of the earliest printings of George Washington addressing America's Jewish community, contained in the July 1, 1790 issue of the ''Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette,'' will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on April 29.
The bold assemblage of Betye Saar was the focus of a feature story in our winter 2021 issue, when the Morgan Library hosted a major exhibition of her work. Prior to that, another major Saar show originated at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and traveled to New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
