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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…
Exhibit
New York, NY, October 2013—The Morgan Library & Museum’s fall exhibition season includes touchstones of art, literature, and music—from drawings by Leonardo da Vinci to a survey of Edgar Allan Poe’s works to a reuniting of two manuscript copies of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Complementing these…
Auctions
Beverly Hills, California — Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and music memorabilia auction house has announced an exclusive auction event of unprecedented historical film value. The Trilogy Collection: Props & Costumes from Middle Earth will include exclusive props and…
Events
October 8, 2013 — The Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, presented by the esteemed Palm Beach Show Group, will debut next spring at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, 600 East Grand Avenue, April, 24-28, 2014.
Auctions
NEW YORK — Norman Rockwell’s signature masterpiece The Song of Bernadette, one of the most reproduced works of his entire career, may take top lot honors Oct. 26 in Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art Signature® auction at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, 2 E.
Auctions
New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books on Thursday, October 24 features fine examples from a stellar press book collection, art books including works on Chinese ceramics, Art Deco pochoir
Auctions
On November 14, in a special single-lot evening sale, Christie’s New York is honored to offer a proclamation signed by George Washington on October 3, 1789 establishing the first federal Thanksgiving Day, called for the last Thursday of November (estimate: $8-12 million).
Exhibit
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Illustrations of ailments and lesions published in books as far back as the 1500s served as teaching tools for doctors and surgeons of history, but they maintain the power to impact modern thoughts and feelings about art and disease.
News
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — October 1, 2013 — The Library Company of Philadelphia will acquire the Joe Freedman Collection of Philadelphia Ephemera, adding to its extensive holdings of historical ephemera. Compiled over many decades by a distinguished collector with a discerning eye for historical…
Exhibit
New York — One of the finest illuminated Hebrew manuscripts ever created will be displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning October 1. The rare 15th-century handwritten copy of the Mishneh Torah by the renowned medieval scholar Moses Maimonides will be shown in New York for the first…
Auctions
NEW YORK—Swann Galleries’ annual auction of Rare & Important Travel Posters on Friday, October 18, features images of diverse geographical locations from the deserts of the Mideast to the alpine resorts of&nbsp