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Amsterdam, January 13, 2012 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries announced today the founding of a three year fellowship program to enable international rare books…
PASADENA, Calif. (January 2012) - Exploring the avid pursuits of collectors past and present, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair will feature a special exhibit entitled “A Love Affair with Books: Personal Stories of Noted Collectors.” This colorful, wide-ranging exhibit spotlights…
(Washington, DC) Shakespeare’s heroine Rosalind criticizes the verses penned by her lover Orlando: “some of them had in them more feet than the verses would bear.” No doubt she would write better ones, but Shakespeare doesn’t give her a chance. Did he know any women writers?…
The dates for The 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair have been announced and for the first time, the fair will take place in May (Thursday May 24, Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26, 2012).Organised by the ABA (the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), the Fair will move to a new…
PARIS-The gallery Les Enluminures in Paris has announced its Spring exhibition: “Flemish Manuscript Illumination.” Owner and President of Les Enluminures, Paris and Chicago, Dr. Sandra Hindman says, “This exhibition coincides with the seasonal exhibition on “Miniatures Flamandes 1404-1482”…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a Sunday, January 8th auction featuring a broad range of rare antique and vintage books, as well as a fine collection of deluxe, limited bindings and an array of ephemera. One of the highlights of this auction was a substantial…
NEW YORK, January 10, 2012—The Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition Cindy Sherman, a retrospective tracing the groundbreaking artist’s career from the mid-1970s to the present, from February 26 to June 11, 2012. The exhibition brings together some 180 key photographs from the artist’s…
DALLAS, TX - The year 2011 proved to be a great one for Heritage Auctions (HA.com), as the company posted a gross total of more than $806 million, a number that represents the company’s best performance ever.“The bottom line is that service and value will always sell, and Heritage specializes in…
New York—An impressive selection of American maps led to active bidding by dealers and collectors alike in Swann Galleries’ December 8 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera—and a few records were set along the way.
Books have been ranked as number 8 in our 2011 list of the world's most popular collecting categories.Wikicollecting.org has released its annual list of the most popular collecting related hobbies.The data is based on the collecting interests of 150,000 collectors in 160 countries around…
