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Highlights of the Potter & Potter Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia auction on April 18…
Highlights from the collection of rare book dealer, publisher, and collector David Aronovitz will…
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[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted a Sunday, August 14th auction featuring a wide assortment of collectible books and ephemera highlighted by notable authors and artists such as William Shakespeare, Frank W. Bensen and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The 430-lot auction also…
MIDDLEBURG, Virginia - Three prints depicting blacksmiths at work from the 18th and 19th centuries are the inspiration for In the Blacksmith Shop at the National Sporting Library and Museum’s Forrest E. Mars, Sr. Exhibit Hall. Rare books, horse shoes of different equine occupations, and blacksmith…
Pamela Binnings Ewen has crafted another masterpiece that explores
real-life drama spun deep inside historical fiction. The seed of Dancing on Glass was sown from an
evening ritual with husband Jimmy sitting on their back deck overlooking a golf
course and cypress swamp. During the twilight hour…
After a well rehearsed tour of the historic Palmer House in Stonington, Connecticut, I felt compelled to take pictures
of a rambling stone fence. Taking advantage of the early morning light and a
fresh coat of morning dew, my lens spied an odd shaped building with slanted
roof. Shaped like an ark…
Beverly Hills, California….August 17, 2011…. Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and celebrity memorabilia auction house will offer a rare glimpse into the life of Hollywood’s most colorful stars, Tony Curtis.
(Boston, Massachusetts, August 16, 2011) Thanks to a generous gift from Trustee Emeritus Caleb Loring, Jr., the Boston Athenæum will conserve, catalogue, photograph, digitize, and release on the Internet important selections from its world-renowned Confederate Imprints Collection. The collection,…
