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Freeman’s will bring The Library of Stephen J. Farber to auction tomorrow featuring rare…
The group of eight autograph letters signed by John Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne…
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What is a Collection Lifecycle? Spencer W Stuart, Collections Advisor, to give one-hour webinar on Lifecycles: Collecting & Collections program.
Friday, April 24, 1:00PM EDT Tickets available through EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lifecycles-collecting-collections-tickets-101250839988
The auction schedule continues to be a bit of a moving target as some sales are postponed, some are moved online, &c. Here are three of the currently scheduled sales (all to be held online):
On the heels of Internet Archive's recent decision to launch a "National Emergency Library" by offering access to 1.4 million books during the coronavirus pandemic--now embroiled in debate as to whether the move is an act of piracy rather than lending-- another enterprise known as HathiTrust…
Although the real world has paused in its celebration of fine books and collections, it is still very much possible to find delights online. Here are five suggestions:
Determine how you like your rare books (rare, medium rare?):
A marvelous tweet from Durham Cathedral Library inspired by the ‘How…
Yes, we have a public health crisis and a national emergency, nevertheless, today is Census Day in the United States, a day set aside every decade since 1790 to count every person living in the country. The man on the cover of our spring issue, David M. Rubenstein, a major collector of Americana,…
Dallas, TX – A lithograph screenprint from Roy Lichtenstein’s popular Reflection series will vie for top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions Prints and Multiples Auction, April 21. The sale will feature artwork by many coveted artists, including Andy Warhol, KAWS, Wayne Thiebaud and Pablo Picasso.…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce its upcoming Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale to be held on Saturday, April 18th starting at 10am, CDT. Given the current public health situation, this sale will be streamed live from Potter & Potter's gallery and held on www.…
Dallas, TX – An exceedingly rare poster promoting a concert just a week before the plane crash that killed three performers is being brought to auction for the first time in Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Auction April 4-5 in Dallas, Texas.
So you’re “stuck” at home reading? Here’s a shortlist of new & soon-to-be-released books of interest to bibliophiles.
New York – Sotheby’s is pleased to announce that we will offer DC Complete: The Ian Levine Collection, an exclusive private sale offering of every comic book released by American publisher DC Comics from 1935 – 2016, including complete runs of Superman, Batman, Action Comics, and Detective…
