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This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections…
A special festive selection of items related to Christmas from various dealers:* Robert Frost, a…
The Miniature Book Society (MBS) Grand Conclave pops up in a different city every year. This year, its 35th, finds familiar book fair ground: Oakland, California.
Current Events & Trends
The house that inspired E.B. White's classic children's book Charlotte's Web is for sale. Including a circa 1795 farmhouse and 40+ acres of farmland nestled on Allen Cove in Blue Hill Bay with views of Acadia National Park, the property is listed with Downeast Properties for $3.7 million.
Auctions
ITHACA, NY—Worth Auctions, located in Dryden, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.    This auction features a broad range of art and antiques from multiple estates and collections nationwide. Leading off the sale is a 1965 Buick Wildcat. Consigned to us by the initial…
Auctions
ITHACA, NY—National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.   This catalog features rare, antique and decorative books as well as select additions of ephemera. Travel and exploration figures prominently across the catalog, include titles…
Auctions
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Paintings by the Russian Federation artist Kharlampi Kostandi (1868-1939), Reginald Marsh (Am., 1898-1954) and Ogden Minton Pleissner (Am., 1905-1983), plus items from the collection of Academy Award-nominated actress Grayson Hall (1925-1985) and her writer-husband Sam Hall (1921…
Book Fairs
In the mid-1850s, ocean liners began attaching labels to passenger luggage to indicate the passenger’s cabin class and travel destination, making it easier for porters to sort luggage upon arrival.
Glad tidings from London, Ontario, where Bright Young Books
Auctions
New York— More than 600 colorful advertisements and announcements crossed the block at Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesday, August 2.
News
CHICAGO, August 3, 2017 - The Chicago Tribune today announced Marilynne Robinson as the recipient of its prestigious 2017 Literary Prize.
Book Fairs
BOSTON, MA - The annual fall gathering for booklovers, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay for its 41st year, November 10-12, 2017. More than 120 dealers from the United States, England, France, Germany,…