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The Bodleian Libraries' forthcoming exhibition Wonder of Birds will feature rare 10th century…
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AMHERST, N.H.— A comprehensive archive of memorabilia relating to diplomat, Ellsworth Bunker, sold last night for $86,581, according to Amherst, NH-based auction house RR Auction.Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), who served the US in various capacities under seven presidents, most often remembered as…
Maastricht, 13 March 2013. TEFAF Maastricht opens to the public on Friday 15th March 2013. The offering of fine and decorative arts is impressive as ever—the fair is full of the rare, the beautiful, the important and the recently discovered. TEFAF Maastricht takes place from 15-24 March 2013 at the…
The signed manuscript of Emily Dickinson’s letter-poem 'She sped as petals from a rose...', is to be sold on 10 April in Part I of the sale of The Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London.
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The Folio Society was named yesterday as the sponsor of a new international prize in fiction. The £40,000 Folio Prize will be awarded for the first time in 2014 to the best fiction written in the English language. Unlike the Booker, the new prize will be open to American writers,…
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In an age of technological revolution, many trades, crafts, and once hand-worked skills are increasingly diminishing with…
Today, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America joined with the Authors Guild, the American Association of Publishers, and other organizations, objecting to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN’s) plan to sell top-level domains to private companies. Online…
March 2013—New York. Christie’s is pleased to announce the sale of one of the most celebrated American book collections —The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. The collection will be sold throughout 2013 in four parts, with an inaugural evening sale of highlights from Schongauer to…
First, let's get February's sales recapped, then we'll take a look at March.
DALLAS — A copy of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — sporting four crisp signatures by the Fab Four on the iconic gatefold — is expected to bring well in excess of $30,000 as the top highlight on the music side of Heritage Auctions’ March 30 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia…
