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NEW YORK—Bonhams is pleased to announce the results of its Fine Books and Manuscripts auction that took place April 16, during the weekend of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. This 419 lot auction brought in just under $950,000.
Paris, April 2012 - The forthcoming Photographs sale at Sotheby’s Paris, to be held in the Galerie Charpentier on 15 May will feature and exceptional album with 9 salt prints from waxed paper negatives produced by Gustave Le Gray during the Paris Salon in 1852. Estimated between ?? 240,000 and 280,…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a Sunday, April 15th auction featuring a broad range of rare antique books, as well as a quantity of ephemera, a Civil War musket and Native American artifacts. Of particular note were rare first editions of early and modern titles…
New York, NY, April 2012— Beginning May 18, The Morgan Library & Museum will unveil an extraordinary exhibition of drawings and related material that brings to life the dynamic artistic and cultural milieu of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Venice. The first exhibition to focus on the Morgan's…
San Francisco—Bonhams is pleased to announce a sales total of $504,332 from its Period Art & Design sale, April 15-16 in San Francisco. The auction featured Property from Serendipity Books Part II: Literature and Poetry, and a strong selection of European paintings and 20th century designs,…
The British Library has announced that it has successfully acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel, a miraculously well-preserved seventh-century manuscript that is the oldest European book to survive fully intact and therefore one of the world’s most important books. ????The £9 million purchase price for…
On 20 April 2012 Sotheby’s will offer A First Edition Japanese Vellum copy of Oscar Wilde’s greatest work, The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People in the sale of The Library of Jacques Levy. Mr. Levy acquired the piece in 1946 and it has remained in his collection since…
NEW YORK - A 1982 gelatin silver print of Nastassia Kinski and the Serpent, 1981 by famed photographer Richard Avedon is expected to bring $50,000+ when it comes to auction on May 1 in New York as part of Heritage Auctions’ Photographs Signature® Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair…
NEW YORK—Bonhams is pleased to announce the April 16 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction featuring the Michael Lerner Collection. While this auction prominently features modern literature greats, such as Ernest Hemingway and Allen Ginsburg, this sale's diversity will surely appeal to a wide variety…
It’s a literary adventure like none other! The upcoming Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo, returning May 5th to the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts is a one-day feast for those who are rediscovering the delights of book and paper collecting. Sponsored by the…
