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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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Amsterdam — Catawiki is excited to announce its upcoming Exclusive Autographs & Manuscripts Auction. Beginning on the 21st September, this includes many beautiful and fascinating items. There is certainly a French feel to the auction this month. One of the most beautiful objects is a…
Runnemede, NJ – Comic books featuring superheroes including Batman, The Avengers, Superman, Thor and others smashed records at auction this weekend. The bidding was topped by a $1.47 million price tag for a rare copy of Batman #1, the first comic dedicated exclusively to The Dark Knight, and was an…
New York – Sotheby’s announces a copy of The Official Edition of the Constitution, the First Printing of the Final Text of the Constitution as a highlight of Sotheby’s Evening Sales this November in New York, marking the first time a manuscript or historical document will be presented in a fine art…
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
On Wednesday, September 22, 242 lots of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs at Lyon & Turnbull. A Nuremberg Chronicle rates the top estimate, at £30,000–40,000.
Frankenstein lives! In honor of the record-breaking sale this week of a first edition of Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, as well as the recent opening of Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein in Bath, England, it seems like the right time for a briefing on Shelley and the origin of her masterpiece.
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England — Personal effects once owned by Lieutenant William Bligh (1754-1817) of HMS Bounty fame come for sale in Essex this month. A timed auction at Sworders (September 17-26) will offer the collection of the late John O’Conner (1940-2020), an authority on the…
Amherst, MA — The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates its beloved late co-founder Eric Carle in the new exhibition Color | Joy | Eric Carle on view through March 6, 2022. The exhibition highlights Carle’s passion for nature and his love of color with original collage illustrations from…
Amsterdam – Catawiki is excited to announce its association with the Dialogue Vintage Photography fair in Amsterdam this weekend. Buyers and sellers of historical photographs and photobooks will gather to buy and sell, and to attend talks and seminars. Of course, Catawiki staff are on hand to…
New York — Printed & Manuscript Americana is at Swann Galleries Thursday, September 30. The sale will feature house specialties such as manuscript diaries, periodicals, historical prints, and more.
London — On Wednesday September 15 at Bonhams Knightsbridge the Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale achieved phenomenal results. The 117-lot sale made a total of £754,241 selling by lot 91% and by value 98%.
The top lot in the sale was an unpublished letter written by Alan Turing analysing his friend…
