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Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on…
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections…
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SAN MARINO, Calif.—Sandra Ludig Brooke, Librarian of the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, has been named the Avery Director of the Library at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, The Huntington’s Interim President, Steve Hindle, announced…
Auctions
DALLAS, Texas - The landmark political memorabilia collection of David and Janice Frent - widely regarded as the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind ever assembled - will debut Oct. 21 at Heritage Auctions. This is the first of eight auctions dedicated to the collection with items…
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The autumn issue of Fine Books features a survey of photobook collecting, past and present.
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The ABAA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition.  1st Place   Alexander M. Koch, The Breath and Breadth of the Maine Woods Unity College 2nd Place  Mark Gallagher, A New Spirit of Truth: The Writings of the American…
Auctions
DALLAS, Texas - A rare, first-edition copy of Harry Potter and the
Recent Publications
Talbot Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of an important new title: “Illustrated law books” may seem like an oxymoron. After all, law is conceptual, analytic, and so very wordy!
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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation's leading auction houses, will expand its regional reach to Atlanta, Georgia. With headquarters in Chicago, this will be the firm's eighth location in addition to Denver, Milwaukee, Naples, Palm Beach, Scottsdale and St. Louis. 
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LOS ANGELES - The Getty Museum will exhibit a rare drawing by one of history’s most admired artists, Michelangelo, for a limited time fr