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The Chelsea Rare Book Fair returns to the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road in London on…
More than 70 Bibles and devotional works from from the Estate of Robert Funk will go under the…
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Papers, photographs and the effects of Captain Julius Morris Green of the Army Dental Corps, relating to his espionage activities on behalf of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9 (MI9) while a prisoner-of-war at Colditz and other camps in Germany, will be sold at Bonhams on…
BOSTON, MA—May 27, 2014—In all new "Vintage" episodes, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW looks back at some of its most memorable objects, what they are worth today and how the market has changed. Some treasures have increased in value, while others haven't fared so well. Part history lesson and part study of the…
PBA Galleries conducted the auction of Fine Books from the Library of Dr. Elmer Belt on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014, in their San Francisco galleries. Dr. Elmer Belt (1893-1980) was a renowned surgeon and noted bibliophile. An early member of Southern California's bibliophile society, the…
The 2014 Harnett Biennial of American Prints is the eleventh competitive national exhibition organized by the University of Richmond Museums. Open to all forms of prints, the exhibition is presented as a celebration and examination of contemporary printmaking by artists throughout the United…
Letters, papers and photographs belonging to General Sir Miles Dempsey, one of the unsung heroes of Operation Overlord in June 1944 and of the subsequent campaign to liberate Europe, are to be sold at Bonhams Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs sale in London on June 18. Bonhams, the…
A Shakespeare First Folio that in 1623 cost the equivalent of 44 loaves of bread would, if sold today, buy up to five million loaves—enough to give every man, woman and child in the UK a slice of toast each.
A fine selection of original material by Dylan Thomas which has remained unseen for many years is to be offered at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs sale in London on June 18. It is being sold by The Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas. This year is the centenary of the…
New York, NY, May 22, 2014—In the first two decades of the sixteenth century, in the French city of Tours, one of the greatest artists in the long history of medieval and Renaissance illumination created a series of works that represented a remarkable last flowering…
NEW YORK—On the heels of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 6, at which paintings by Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Estate of Huguette M. Clark fetched US$40.9 million, Christie’s is pleased to unveil further offerings from its June 18 auction of An…
New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of Early Printed, Medical & Scientific Books on May 1 offered scarce examples of incunabula, books on anatomy by Vesalius and others, Homer’s Works in the original Greek and more.
