Fine Books News: Recent

The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography sponsored by the International League of Antiquarian…
A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
Auctions
Los Angeles – Edward Gorey original art pieces "Tales of Good and Evil" and "Tattooed Man and Associate” sold for $16,801 and $8,750 respectively Thursday night at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Tales of Good and Evil
Auctions
Dallas, TX – Heritage Auctions is proud to partner with The Hero Initiative to offer The Batman 100 Project, which features more than 100 original Dark Knight covers drawn by some of the comics industry’s best and best-known names. The sale of these one-of-a-kind pieces, which adorn blank-covered…
Auctions
Amsterdam — The first book was printed in Italy in 1465, only ten years after the Gutenberg Bible. It is natural then, that there are many fine, early volumes available from Italy. As Fine Books & Collections readers will be aware, an Incunabula is a book, broadside or pamphlet printed before…
Auctions
Doré, at least in the world of antiquarian books, is a name that hardly needs an introduction. Gustave Doré (1832-1883) was a French artist who found enormous commercial success by illustrating everything from classics to comics, and notably, Bibles. As the Getty Museum notes, “Dramatic,…
Bright Young Librarians
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Amelia Hugill-Fontanel of the Rochester Institute of Technology: What is your role at your institution?
Visual Art
On September 24 at 7 p.m., the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, will hold a “Very Virtual Benefit & Auction,” featuring appearances by Julie Andrews, Yo-Yo Ma, and Andrea Davis Pinkney. This online-only gala is a COVID-era substitute for the museum’s annual Carle…
Auctions
Boston — With more than 1,200 items up for bidding, RR Auction's September sale features an abundance of signed Hollywood photographs, plus a nice selection of awards, props, and costumes.
Auctions
Dallas, TX – There has never been anything like The Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project. And it’s reasonably safe to say there will never be anything like it ever again. This is not the hyperbole of a media release. It is just bald-faced fact.
Auctions
Los Angeles – Three Edward Gorey original art pieces will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on August 27, 2020. Tattooed Man and Associate This Edward Gorey original artwork, rendered in pen, ink and watercolor is informally titled ''Tattooed Man and Associate.’’ This charming,…
Auctions
Dallas, TX – Sixteen years ago, Heritage Auctions sold a highly graded copy of Chamber of Chills No. 19 for $126.50 – in retrospect, an outright steal. In July of this year, the very same title, bearing a far lesser grade, realized $6,070.80 during Heritage’s summer Comics & Comics Art event.…