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AMHERST, NH -- RR Auction is proud to announce their first Civil War auction in March. This compelling array of more than 450 items that offer an intensely comprehensive look into some of the key figures in our country’s most bloody conflict; letters, photos, and exemplary artifacts meld together…
"The Best Book Fair in the World” Returns to the Park Avenue Armory for its 52nd Year, April 13-15, 2012.HOURSFriday, noon - 8pm Saturday, noon - 7pm Sunday, noon - 5pmPreview, Thursday, April 12, 5pm - 9pm tickets $35ABOUT THE FAIR:
Washington, D.C.—This summer, The Phillips Collection presents an outstanding selection of works on paper by two of the most critically acclaimed artists working today, Jasper Johns and Antony Gormley. Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, the first exhibition of Johns’s work at the Phillips, traces…
The British Library publishes the first detective novel…The Notting Hill Mystery‘Is that chain one of purely accidental coincidence, or does it point with terrible certainty to a series of crimes, in their nature and execution too horrible to contemplate?’ - Ralph Henderson, narrator
DALLAS, TX - Heritage Auctions’ website, HA.com, proved itself the dominant online auction source last month, obliterating its competition with nearly 725,000 unique visitors to Heritage Auctions site in the first month of 2012, according to Compete.com, a website devoted to tracking web traffic.…
Pasadena, Calif. (February 16, 2012) Drawing rave reviews from exhibitors and visitors alike, the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair concluded on February 12 at the Pasadena Convention Center. The Southern California edition of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers'…
New York, NY, February 16, 2012— Animals have provided a particularly fertile source of inspiration for artists, writers, and composers for centuries. From the carving of ancient seals with fearsome lions and mythical beasts, to the depiction of the serpent in representations of Biblical scenes by…
NEW YORK (LAPRS) - LiveAuctioneers.com, the Manhattan-based provider of Internet live-bidding services to more than 1,200 auction houses worldwide, wrapped 2011 with robust 4th-quarter results. During the final three months of last year, there were more than 6.8 million visits to…
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The premier attraction of Waverly’s March 1 Fine and Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction is an 1840 first edition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America. It comes with provenance from the Washington, DC-area collection of Charles Truitt and is estimated at $40,000-$…
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - A rare edition of Ernest Hemingway’s first book, Three Stories & Ten Poems [Paris]: Contact Publishing Co., 1923, one of just 300 copies printed brought $68,500 on Feb. 8 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $736,000+ Rare Books Signature® Auction, which took place at the company’s…
