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NEW YORK—Bonhams is pleased to announce the April 16 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction featuring the Michael Lerner Collection. While this auction prominently features modern literature greats, such as Ernest Hemingway and Allen Ginsburg, this sale's diversity will surely appeal to a wide variety…
It’s a literary adventure like none other! The upcoming Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo, returning May 5th to the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts is a one-day feast for those who are rediscovering the delights of book and paper collecting. Sponsored by the…
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Andrew Gaub of Bruce McKittrick Rare Books in Narberth, Pennsylvania:
NEW YORK - With a price worthy of its historic stature, a recently discovered 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence, painstakingly engraved and printed by William Stone to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of The United States, sold for $597,500, more than doubling its’ pre-…
Los Angeles - Bonhams is pleased offer several artworks from the Serendipity Bookstore in Berkeley, CA on May 21 during its 'Made in California: Post-War & Contemporary Art' auction. Highlights from the collection will include "Untitled (Magic Mountain)," 1955 (est. $10,000-15,000) by noted San…
Preparing for my visit to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair later this week, I've perused many booksellers' lists of 'what they're bringing' to the fair. (Other highlights, published in our spring issue, are here.) These are a few that caught my eye--of personal interest or just "intrinsically…
At the rare evening sale of the Kenneth Nebenzahl library at Christie's tonight, a full set of Edward Curtis' The North American Indian, on the very desirable Japan vellum, in exceptional condition took in $2.9 million, including buyer's premium.
(Amherst, MA) The Eric Carle Museum is pleased to announce it will host a selection of Lucy Cousins’ work called: Our British Cousins: The Magical Art of Maisy and Friends beginning May 22nd and running through November 25th.??
The New York branch of Heritage is holding a large auction tomorrow, loaded with great items from the medieval era to the present day. If you've got some extra money to spend ahead of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend, here are a few items that caught this blogger's fancy in the…
Lloyd Library and Museum (LLM) is pleased to announce: "View: Ways of Seeing"May 5-August 3, 2012Opening reception-Saturday, May 5, 2012, 4-7 p.m.Remarks on John Uri Lloyd, Japan, and Cincinnati begin at 4:30 p.m.Catered Reception follows
