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The Folio Society’s latest launch - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - features…
I entered the autograph field in 1985, a complete novice. The lay of the land was much different…
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In 1985 my wife bought me a check signed by Orville Wright. I had no idea there was a market for autographs like that, and I was excited and began to look into it. I discovered an entire industry and began to buy autographs.
Norman Rockwell Museum's summer exhibition will explore the art and cultural impact of counter-cultural touchstone MAD Magazine.Opening June 8 and running through October 27 at the museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine will feature iconic original…
Organisers of the ninth iteration of the York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS) are now seeking applications for places on its highly respected annual seminar in Yorkshire.YABS is the sister seminar of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and was set up with its support. The 2024 event is again…
A new exhibition featuring never-seen-before artworks and items from the home of author-illustrator Raymond Briggs has opened in the area of East Sussex where he made his home.
An 'Inauguration' Bible used by Jackie Kennedy to select verses to be read at her husband John F. Kennedy’s funeral has been sold for $162,500 at Heritage Auction's April 26-27 Americana & Political Signature sale.
On Tuesday, April 30, 205 lots of Angling, Big Game Hunting, Firearms at New England Book Auctions. Lots include the 1899 publication Great and Small Game of Africa (1899), edited by H.A. Bryden and estimated at $600–900; L.L. Fenton's The Rifle in India (1923), expected to sell for $500–700; and…
The napkin on which the first promise of a contract was written to secure the 13-year-old Lionel Messi for FC Barcelona goes under the hammer at Bonhams next month.It changed the fortunes of both the club and Messi himself who went on to become one of the greatest players of all time. The original…
During an action day supported by Europol in Georgia and Latvia, four Georgians suspected of stealing antique and rare books from libraries across Europe have been taken into custody. In total, the criminal group is believed to be responsible for the theft of at least 170 books, causing financial…
A selection of rare objects commemorating bibliophile, printer and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin feature in the April 30 Freeman's | Hindman American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts sale.
The Library of Congress has acquired the collection of manuscripts, instruments, costumes, video and audio recordings from the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet and its non-profit organization Kronos Performing Arts Association.
