My collecting began with Civil War artifacts when I was a teenager. My mother, an elementary school teacher, had a keen eye for antiques and our home had several pieces of Shaker furniture.
This past weekend Skinner of Boston held its now biannual auction devoted to fine books and manuscripts. This auction achieved an excellent sell-through rate for its 468 lots.
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted a Sunday, June 3rd auction that featured a broad range of rare antique books, as well as a quantity of posters and ephemera.