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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…
New York, NY, January 2012— Bolstered by its recent political independence, economic prosperity, and maritime supremacy, the Dutch Republic witnessed an artistic flourishing during the seventeenth century, known as the Dutch Golden Age. The Morgan Library & Museum presents over ninety drawings…
ORANGE, Calif. - Southern California auctioneer and estate specialist
Don Presley is in expansion mode. The floor and storage space at his
Orange County gallery will soon increase by 18,000 square feet with the
incorporation of recently vacated retail space next door.
“Our previous neighbor…
IRVINE, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2012) - For those with an interest in antiques, fine arts and decorative arts and interested to become a qualified appraiser, UC Irvine Extension will host a free webinar detailing the techniques and practices of the industry and the requirements to become a professional…
PASADENA, CA; January 4, 2012 - PBS today unveiled a new competition series from the producers of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MARKET WARS (w.t.), a 20-episode series, airing summer/fall 2012, that gives audiences a lesson in the bare-knuckles business of scoring a bargain. In each one-hour episode,…
