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Massachusetts & Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers proceeds apace in these parlous times. Last September we met at Grey Matter Books in Hadley and approved 2 new members who have been booksellers for many years, but recently relocated to Massachusetts: Stuart Bennett Rare Books and L. & T…
NEW YORK - Heritage Auctions Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction has officially become the single greatest comics auction ever conducted, realizing $8.9+ million over three days, completely obliterating the company’s previous world-record total of $6.03+ million set in May…
ORANGE, Calif. - Southern California’s finest estates continue to yield their treasures to Don Presley, whose March 3rd “Once in a Lifetime” auction of antiques, art and collectibles includes an exciting array of genuinely unique items.
Chicago, Illinois - February 2012 - Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation’s leading fine art auction firms, announces the February opening of a new auction facility in Denver, Colorado. The office is located in Denver’s Golden Triangle, 960 Cherokee Street, situated just blocks away from…
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - In order to meet the demands of Washington, D.C.’s booming market for art and antiques, Quinn’s Auction Galleries has relocated to a more spacious venue in the heart of suburban Falls Church. The new 14,400-sq.-ft. premises at 360 S. Washington St. encompass three floors, with…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a Sunday, February 19th auction featuring a broad range of rare antique books, as well as an intriguing assortment of ephemera and artwork. Of particular note were rare first editions of early and modern titles, many of which were…
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
