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New York, NY, March 23, 2011—Jim Dine's series of extraordinary drawings inspired by Greek and Roman sculpture and sourced primarily at the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, Germany will receive its first New York showing in a new exhibition opening May 20 at The Morgan Library & Museum. The forty…
I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book on fore-edge paintings. This book is instantly the most important contribution to the history of fore-edge paintings since the books (1949 and 1966) of Carl J. Weber, the author’s grandfather.
New York—On Monday, April 11, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Early Printed Books. The sale offers classics, literature, law, religious, medical, and scientific works, as well as a large selection of Armenian books from a private collection and first editions of works by Immanuel Kant…
New York—Swann Galleries’ spring auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts, coinciding as always with the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, takes place on Thursday, April 7. The sale comprises fine press and illustrated books, illuminated manuscript leaves, incunabula and early printing, 19th- &…
The Library of Congress announces the opening of the Swann Gallery and the Herblock Gallery on Friday, March 18, 2011. The galleries are two of three exhibition spaces located within the new Graphic Arts Galleries on the ground level of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.The third exhibition…
OLD GREENWICH, CT - March 18/19/20, 2011: The Ephemera Society of America and Flamingo Eventz, LLC are pleased to announce that Ephemera 31 - the thirty-first annual Ephemera Society of America International Paper Fair and Conference - will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT on…
San Francisco, CA - March 14, 2011-- Space memorabilia is showing an extraordinary degree of collectability with the final version of the NASA flight plan for Apollo 11, the first manned space flight to land on the moon, quintupling its pre-sale high estimate bringing $51,000.
New York—On Thursday, March 31, Swann Galleries will offer a diverse selection of historically significant material in their semi-annual auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana. The sale contains many one-of-a-kind items with regional or national interest.
National Museum of American History Embarks on Conservation of Jefferson’s BibleMarch 11, 2011 -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is currently performing a specialized conservation treatment to ensure the long-term preservation of Thomas Jefferson’s bible, a small handmade…
Key West, Florida — For more than 30 years, internationally renowned playwright Tennessee Williams lived in a modest cottage on a quiet Key West street. The centennial anniversary of Williams’ March 26 birth is currently being celebrated in the island city, with events honoring his literary prowess…
