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Hujar: Contact is an exhibition exploring the life, times, and creative evolution of photographer…
Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the…
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LOS ANGELES - The 17th annual Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show, to be held October 10-14, 2012 at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, will benefit LACMA’s Decorative Arts and Design Council. The mission of this museum support group is to raise funds for the Decorative Arts and Design…
Independent booksellers are still reacting to the news that they can no longer accept credit card payments directly through their own websites. As of June 22, booksellers who rely on the Missouri-based ChrisLands Inc. to host their web shops were no longer able to process credit card payments…
BEVERLY HILLS - Gil Elvgren’s unquestioned reign as the greatest and most popular pin-up artist of all time continued on June 27 in Beverly Hills at Heritage Auctions’ $2.77+ million Illustration Art Signature® Auction, as his masterful Skirting the Issue (Breezing Up), 1956 brought $176,500 to…
The Codex Calixtinus, an illuminated 12th century manuscript considered the world's first guidebook, was recovered Tuesday by Spanish police a year after it was
BEVERLY HILLS - The multi-million dollar Doug Schmell/PedigreeComics.com Collection, featuring the single greatest grouping of Silver Age Marvel CGC #1 Registry sets ever assembled, and the Shamus Modern Masterworks Collection of Original Comic Book Art, led by famed comic book artist Todd…
By Jeremy Howell
Imagine a library of books with empty pages. They formerly contained text, but over time the ink gradually faded until it disappeared altogether, leaving behind white pages like empty shells. A library of ghosts.
The Alchemical QuestJuly 2012-December 2012 An exhibit featuring rare alchemical books of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries drawn exclusively from the collections of the Othmer Library of Chemical History, The Alchemical Quest challenges alchemy’s occult reputation by illustrating its…
BEVERLY HILLS - A 1947 Academy Special Award©®??, presented to film pioneer Thomas Armat (estimate: $60,000+), who patented the first American film projector, and the last check that Marilyn Monroe signed (estimate: $10,000+) - and possibly the last signature that she gave - are the top…
Later this month the Woods Hole Film Festival will premiere a new documentary, Eric Carle: Picture Writer, The Art of the Picture Book.
