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An intriguing early portrait of Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest poet and song-writer, is to be offered for auction in Part I of Bonhams Annual Scottish Sale on August 20th in Edinburgh. It is conservatively estimated at £5,000-7,000.
On August 17-18, Holabird-Kagin, the Nevada auction house that specializes in Western Americana, will offer this
For natural history print collectors, the auction includes a unique proof copy of Audubon’s Great Blue Heron, from The Birds of America ($80,000-$120,000). Other Audubon prints from The Birds of America include The Large Billed Puffin, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Sooty Tern, and from the Quadrupeds of…
BALTIMORE - The first offerings from “The Black Swamp Find” of 1910 E98 baseball cards - the best near “Set of 30” ever found (realized: $286,800), the finest known Honus Wagner card of its kind (realized: $239,000) and the color variations set (realized: $40,332) - brought $566,132 combined on Aug…
Earlier this week Michael Moynihan ran an article in Tablet Magazine that exposed several glaring problems in a new book by Johan Leher: Imagine: How Creativity Works.The author had completely made up six quotes and attributed them to Bob Dylan, for example, regarding his song lyrics:
New York, NY, August 2, 2012—The Morgan Library & Museum has announced that it will display recent acquisitions during select times throughout the year, providing the public with more opportunities to enjoy objects from across the museum’s collections. On view now are three notable works,…
New York, NY - July 2012 - An unprecedented auction of hundreds of original paintings, drawings and photographs by Roger Tory Peterson (1908 - 1996) will be conducted by Guernsey’s on September 8th at New York City’s prestigious Arader Gallery, located at 1016 Madison Avenue.
One of the last "men of letters" of the 20th century passed away yesterday. Gore Vidal (1925 - 2012) died from pneumonia complications at his home in Hollywood Hills, California. He was 86 year
