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A new exhibition at The Grolier Club looks at the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early…
The Ephemera Society of America's Ephemera 46 Fair opens today and runs through March 22 with…
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(Palm Beach, FL) - The Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show returns to the Palm Beach County Convention Center February 15-19, 2013. Presented by the Palm Beach Show Group, this important event will feature more than 180 international exhibitors, an engaging lecture series and an expanded…
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Even Scrooge might have eked out a curmudgeonly smile on December 6th at Waverly Rare Books, as the hammer fell on a collection of 30 leather-bound books comprising the “Works of Charles Dickens.” The 1861-63 Library Edition containing such classics as Oliver Twist, A Tale of…
PLEASANT VALLEY, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A rarecollection of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt memorabilia will be auctioned from the estate of a close and personal friend of the Roosevelt family, Margaret Logan Marquez. The auction will take place online by United Country -- Absolute…
DALLAS - General George Armstrong Custer’s personally owned Army-issue Model 1865 Spencer Carbine brought $179,250 to claim top lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ $2.5+ million Political, Western Legends & Americana Signature® Auction, Dec. 11-12.
December 18, 2012--The Library of Congress will place on display the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, handwritten by President Abraham Lincoln, for six weeks beginning Jan. 3, 2013, to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the proclamation’s signing.
New York, NY, December 14, 2012—Few artistic movements of the twentieth century are as celebrated and studied as surrealism. Many of the works of its best known practitioners—including Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, and Leonora Carrington—have become touchstones of modern art…
COLLEGE STATION, Dec. 13, 2012 ? Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas A&M University will host science fiction author George R.R. Martin, whose book series “A Song of Ice and Fire” is the basis for the hit HBO show “Game of Thrones.” The library will exhibit the works and personal…
New York, December 13, 2012 -- The Grolier Club Library is pleased to announce its tenth annual fellowship offering in the history of the book, named in honor of Grolier Club benefactor and former president William H. Helfand. Awards of up to $3,000 are available for research in the Library's areas…
Washington, DC—The National Gallery of Art presents Ellsworth Kelly: Colored Paper Images, a series that includes 23 paper-pulp works by the seminal American artist. Drawn entirely from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition will be on view on the Ground Level of the East Building from December…
December 11, 2012. - viaLibri (www.vialibri.net), the international search engine for old and rare books, has just launched a German version of its popular website.
