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A new manuscript exhibition exploring how books of hours personally engaged users has opened at The…
Two original watercolour illustrations for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling which were long…
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—The Raab Collection, the nation’s leading dealer in important historical documents, announced today that it is offering for sale a great American treasure, whose survival had been unknown to the public or historical community: the original Congressional Gold Medal from the early…
BOSTON, MA—(June 18, 15) A typed letter from Ronald Reagan sold for $14,492, according to Boston, MA based RR Auction.
New York—A copy of The Great Gatsby inscribed by its author F. Scott Fitzgerald was the top selling lot at Bonhams’ Voices of the 20th Century sale on June 16. It realized $191,000, against an estimate of $80,000-100,000.
New York—June 17 2015—Herrick, Feinstein LLP's Art Law Group announced today that with its assistance, and working with the United States Government, its client, The Royal Library of Sweden, has recovered two rare books stolen along with dozens of other volumes over ten years ago. One book,…
Kestenbaum & Company’s forthcoming auction of Fine Judaica will take place on Thursday, June 25th at 3:00 pm in the company’s gallery in New York City. Although by lot count this particular auction will be smaller in size than the norm, a great deal of time was spent on researching and…
ITHACA, NY—National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.
(New York, June 12, 2015)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that the Museum will present a major retrospective exhibition of the photographs of Irving Penn (1917-2009) to mark the centennial of the artist’s birth. He further announced that The…
LONDON, Dover Street—With Dr Timothy Bolton at the helm, the inaugural Western Manuscripts & Miniatures sale at Bloomsbury Auctions on Wednesday 8th July is a journey through the history of writing and illuminating books in exactly 100 lots. The auction, which spans four millennia and a vast…
James H. Billington, the 13th Librarian of Congress and renowned scholar of Russia, today announced that he will retire from the position of Librarian effective January 1, 2016. In a video announcement shared with all Library staff, Billington said, "Leading this great institution alongside all of…
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Juan Felipe Herrera as the Library’s 21st Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, for 2015-2016. Herrera will take up his duties in the fall, participating in the Library of Congress National Book Festival on Saturday,…
