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Paris, April 2012 - The 184-lot sale of Books & Manuscripts to be held at Sotheby’s Paris on 15 May 2012 includes an ensemble of historic documents, books, letters and poems concerning two great names of French poetry: Paul Verlaine and Guillaume Apollinaire.
New York - On May 18, Christie’s is privileged to offer the sale of Important Printed Books and Americana from The Albert H. Small Collection. This wide-ranging collection features original historical and presidential letters and documents including a hand-drawn survey by the 18-year-old George…
"Who Owns the Legacy of Oscar Wilde?"An Interdisciplinary ConferenceDrew University, Madison, NJ1-2 June 2012
DALLAS - Pablo Picasso’s Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1962, and Amedeo Modigliani’s Femme nue assise, 1916, are both expected to bring more than $80,000 to lead a pack of art world giants in Heritage Auctions’ May 22 Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction, taking place at the company’s Dallas…
New York—Lively bidding led to strong results at Swann Galleries’ spring auction of Fine Books on April 12, which coincided—as it does every year—with the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.Tobias Abeloff, Swann’s Early Printed Books specialist, said, “An intriguing selection of material…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted a Sunday, May 6th auction that featured a broad range of rare antique books, as well as a quantity of ephemera and artwork. An impressive collection of World’s Fair ephemera and other material was sold from the estate of…
A magnificent copy of the first edition of what has been described as the most beautiful book on fish ever published leads Bonhams sale of the Angling Library of Alan Jarvis at Knightsbridge on Tuesday 22 May.
Sandra Hindman, the owner of Les Enluminures, known for its museum quality Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts and art, has opened a new gallery in New York. This is in addition to its Paris gallery of more than twenty years, located opposite the Louvre at Les Louvre de…
Beverly Hills, California - May 2012 - Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and celebrity estate auction house and the Les Paul Foundation have partnered for an auction of extraordinary property and collection of guitars, equipment, musical artifacts and personal effects from the…
Amherst, MA - The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, the first major United States exhibition to pay tribute to award-winning author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983), whose beloved children’s books include Whistle for Willie (1964), Peter’s Chair (1967), and The Snowy Day (1962),…
