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DALLAS, TX: The Berwick Discovery of Lost Movie Posters - a trove of 33 classic and incredibly rare posters dating back as far as 1930 - many examples of which were thought to be lost for all time, ranging in value from $500+ to $200,000+, will debut at Heritage Auctions on March 23 as part of the…
Kestenbaum & Company’s spring auction of Fine Judaica is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 21st at 3:00 pm. The sale will be held at the company’s gallery at 242 West 30th Street in New York City. Viewing will be held from Sunday, March 18th through Tuesday, March 20th. The 351-…
New York—On February 23, Swann Galleries conducted an auction of select Private Press & Illustrated Books, mostly from two stellar private collections, and 98 percent of the lots offered found buyers.
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
has selected five winners for the 2012 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel
J. Leab “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards.
AUSTIN, Texas—The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of novelist and short-story writer Tom Coraghessan "T.C." Boyle, author of such acclaimed works as "The Tortilla Curtain" (1995) and "World's End" (1987).…
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Collector enthusiasm for the works Gil Elvgren remains undiminished as the great illustrators’ work dominated the top 10 lots of Heritage Auctions’ $3,000,000+ March 3 Illustration Art Signature® Auction, led by Vision of Beauty (Unveiling), 1947 (Realized: $140,500) and Let's…
MIDDLEBURG, VA - Scraps: British Sporting Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection, takes its title from Henry Alken’s series of drawings and prints that depict varied and often-humorous episodes of sporting and country life. The drawings on view in these galleries feature artists’ attempts to…
"The Angel Leaves the House: Women Bookmakers & the Aesthetic Page"March 28-May 11, 2012Exhibition at Mills CollegeF.W. Olin Library, Oakland, CA
WASHINGTON (March 2012)—The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a broad range of signature exhibitions, events and programs. On April 7, 1987, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) opened its doors to the public to honor women artists of the…
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