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Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced a valuable collection of original American Girl Dolls to be included in the Elite Americana & Rare Cartography sale on July 8th, 2021. PBA Galleries is offering the number one autographed copy of each of the five original dolls: Kirsten, Molly, Samantha,…
London – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights ahead of the London Evening & Day Editions auctions in London on 14 and 15 June, which will be held in conjunction with the Beuys 100 auction on 14 June. Covering key periods in 20th century and contemporary art history in detail, the Evening…
Los Angeles — On Tuesday, June 8, Bonhams Los Angeles saw active and spirited participation in the 274-lot Entertainment Memorabilia auction: TCM Presents ... Mavericks: Working Outside the Margins in Hollywood.
New York — Swann Galleries will hold their spring offering of Fine Books & Autographs on Thursday, June 17. The auction will feature a strong showing of autographs by prominent American political figures, as well as bright minds from both the performing and visual arts. Literature from the…
New York — Three years ago, when art dealer Christopher Bishop saw a drawing from a private collection, he knew it was something special. The young saint featured in the drawing, protecting a group of female followers with her cloak, had all the presence and power of Michelangelo’s marble Madonnas…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — A highly important collection of C. S. Lewis titles from the library of the author’s lifelong friend Cecil Harwood (1898-1975) is to be offered in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts sale on 28 July 2021.
London — Isaac Newton’s early years at Trinity College Cambridge were marred by a falling out with his chamber-fellow (or roommate). Brooding on this unfortunate state of affairs one day in the College walks, he bumped into a fellow undergraduate – John Wickins. On striking up a conversation, he…
Oxford, England — On June 22nd at 6:30 P.M. BST, Anthony Pincott, for many years a bookplate collector and member of The Bookplate Society will give an online talk entitled "Ex-libris Art and Provenance - The Fascination of Bookplates.”
It will be illustrated by examples of…
Philadelphia—Freeman’s is pleased to announce the sale of a signer’s rediscovered copy of William J. Stone’s 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence. First presented to Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), the last surviving signer of the original document, and later inscribed by his…
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryan’s 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster). Generously given to the museum by the Ashley Bryan Center, the splendid gift is a particularly fitting…
