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This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections…
Never-before-seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe, her annotated scripts, and her handwritten recipes…
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Just a handful of sales to watch this week, all on Thursday, January 14.
In our current issue, we covered the Paper Routes—Women to Watch show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. (You can read the entire article online.) The exhibition is now closed, but you can still watch a studio tour with one of the artists, Elizabeth Alexander.
Chicago – Hindman is thrilled to reflect on an exciting 2020 despite the unmatched environment and challenges presented. The year included over 100 auctions and $64.9 million in sales, and the auction house saw exceptional participation from online bidders throughout the world. More than 55 percent…
Amsterdam — 2020 saw the continued development of the Catawiki Autographs and Manuscripts auction. This has grown into a weekly auction, offering a wide range of original documents and signed items.
We are starting the year with some beautiful offerings. Alongside the (now traditional) leaves from…
Paris — The latest publication of Les Enluminures focuses on the Veneto Siddur-Sefer Minhagim, a Hebrew manuscript newly attributed to the artist-scribe Joel ben Simeon, made for a Jewish immigrant family from Germany probably living in Treviso. Joel ben Simeon (active c. 1440s-c. 1490) is one of…
An extravagant collection of fine and decorative art, rare books, and jewelry will head to auction at Christie’s in New York in a series of three sales beginning next week. The sale’s name, “The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue,” takes care to note the owners’ ritzy,…
Any reopening is cause for celebration, and on January 14 at 6:30pm, the Center for Book Arts is toasting three new exhibitions via a virtual forum. Held entirely online, the reception will feature exclusive walk-throughs and discussion by participating artists Amina Ahmed, Bahman Mohammadi,…
Every year on January 1, a batch of new books, music, and films enters the public domain in the United States after a 95-year wait, free to be released in print and digital formats and to be creatively reused and reimagined.
AntiquarianAuctions.com in the U.S., sale #5: a wide-ranging sale, including a shell-book selection from the library of Richard I. Johnson; fine bindings; calligraphic material; sculpture: George Washington, and Sigmund Freud; wood printing blocks; photo albums: Atomic Power in Italy in one, an…
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 700+ lot sale to be held on Saturday, January 30th starting at 10am CST. Given current public health regulations, the event will be held online and live streamed from the company's gallery. All
