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Amherst, MA (May 16, 2016)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce that their beloved co-founder Eric Carle will return to sign books and meet fans on Saturday, May 28 at 10:00 am. Museum members will receive priority line placement and may enter early at 9:30 am. The…
LEE, NH - JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER, 2016: Flamingo Eventz is pleased to announce a monthly Old-Fashioned Flea Market in Southern New Hampshire!
Held on the grounds of the well-known Lee USA Speedway at 380 Calef Highway (Rt. 125), Lee, NH 03861, the Flamingo Flea will feature only Antique,…
The National Park Service officially turns 100 this summer, and the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, is marking the occasion with two consecutive exhibitions drawn from its collection of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The…
MARLBOROUGH, MA, May 2016- This spring’s Fine Books & Manuscripts online-only auction will open for bidding on Wednesday, May 18 at 12 PM and co
The Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) is pleased to announce it will offer to a book collector, for the first time ever, a scholarship in the amount of $750 to be used at one of the several book seminars offered in the U.S. and the UK.
The Independent Online Booksellers…
Among top lots at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ May 5 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction were fine bindings by Weitz-Coleman, a Soviet Russian children's book collection and Lincolnalia.
New York—Christie’s announces the sale of the legendary suppressed “1865 Alice,” (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000), as
DALLAS - Heritage Auctions continues to far surpass all other auction houses in online sales.
Heritage’s online auction sales in 2015 were $344 million, and are already more than $160 million in 2016. Out of total sales last year of more than $850 million, and approximately $310 million…
BOSTON, MA--A rare contract concerning the terms of sale of The Beatles Apple Corp headquarters will be auctioned by Boston-based, RR Auction.
I'm not a cat person--if my parents' calico could talk, she'd readily testify to all the ways me and my basset hounds have made her miserable over the past decade. Still, I'd be foolish to ignore that books and cats are a winning combination. Librarian Jan Louch (with Lisa Rogak) explores that…
