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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
Events
WORCESTER, MA — On Friday, April 5, 2013, the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) will hold its sixth annual Adopt-A-Book event at which  members of the general public will have the opportunity to “adopt” selected historic items from the AAS collections.  This program will take place from…
News
Maastricht, 19th March 2013 — TEFAF announced today that it has entered into exclusive discussions with Sotheby’s to explore the possibilities of developing a high-end art fair for China, via Sotheby’s Joint Venture in Beijing with GeHua in 2014. “TEFAF Beijing 2014” would represent a ground-…
Auctions
London—The complete working papers for Sylvia Plath's poem Sheep in Fog, offering a vivid insight into the fragility of the poet's mind in the weeks leading up to her suicide on February 11, 1963, are to be auctioned at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London, on May 8.  The papers are featured…
Exhibit
NEW YORK — Sandra Hindman, founder and owner of LES ENLUMINURES (www.lesenluminures.com) has announced a major month-long exhibition at the New York gallery from April 4 to May 4 called “Paths to Reform,” illustrating the importance of reform in the history of the medieval and early modern church.…
Auctions
MARCH 2013 — (San Clemente, Calif.) — The Surfing Heritage & Culture Center today announced that The Surf Riders of Hawaii, a truly unique and exclusive historical piece of surf history, will be one of the hallmark items in the Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction, May 11, 2013 at the OC Fair…
Auctions
AMHERST, N.H.— A comprehensive archive of memorabilia relating to diplomat, Ellsworth Bunker, sold last night for $86,581, according to Amherst, NH-based auction house RR Auction.Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), who served the US in various capacities under seven presidents, most often remembered as…
Book Fairs
Maastricht, 13 March 2013. TEFAF Maastricht opens to the public on Friday 15th March 2013. The offering of fine and decorative arts is impressive as ever—the fair is full of the rare, the beautiful, the important and the recently discovered. TEFAF Maastricht takes place from 15-24 March 2013 at the…
Auctions
The signed manuscript of Emily Dickinson’s letter-poem 'She sped as petals from a rose...',  is to be sold on 10 April in Part I of the sale of The Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London.   The eight line…
Events
TO PRESERVE & PROTECT March 16 - April 28, 2013OPENING March 16, 2013. 7 - 10PM Featuring artwork by: Elana AdlerJon BockselCandace HicksJason Kachadourian Adams Puryear In an age of technological revolution, many trades, crafts, and once hand-worked skills are increasingly diminishing with…