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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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New York, NY, May 4, 2015—Drawing is often seen as the most immediate of the fine arts, capturing a subject's essence in quick, suggestive strokes of chalk, pencil, or ink. This can be particularly evident in portrait drawing where the dynamism of the medium allows for the recording of a likeness…
An important letter from Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S.
Argentinian native Hernán Buljevich is a master artisan and miniaturist specializing in the creation of highly detailed European and South American landmark restaurants, bars and public houses (better known as pubs).
New York—On Tuesday, May 19 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books with works by John James Audubon, rare views, maps and atlases, as well as a number of original watercolors and drawings.
New York—Three new world records were set at Bonhams’ Photographs sale on April 28.
A 10-cartoon display of Herblock drawings at the Library of
Congress focuses on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and U.S. policies in
Vietnam. Herblock was the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist
at The Washington Post for more than 55 years.
April 28, 2015—Neil Gaiman and Biblio.com are working together to support BiblioWorks, a non-profit organization that helps to build libraries for impoverished communities in rural Bolivia.
London—2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, and a copy of the first engraved version, published by John Pine some 500 years later could sell for £15,000 ($23,000) when it goes under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday 21st May in the auctioneer’s bi-annual…
EASTHAM—Henry Beston’s famous “Outermost House” was washed out to sea during the famous “Blizzard of 1978,” but many rare artifacts from the author’s iconic Cape Cod seaside shanty will be returning to view for the summer of 2015.
In a joint effort between the Eastham Historical Society and the…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.
Book, Art and Ephemera Auction - Hollywood, Carreno, Steinbeck, etc.
