Americana

New York – The capstone to our series of auctions dedicated to the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman concluded Wednesday in New York with the sale of Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Amer
New York — Christie’s is pleased to present a selection of Americana texts that mark high points of the 18th to the 20th centuries in the auction
New York — Printed & Manuscript Americana is at Swann Galleries on April 15 with a selection of American historical prints from a private collection, material from the Revolutionary and Civil W
New York – Sotheby’s is pleased to present
In October 1955, Allen Ginsberg read “Howl” publicly for the first time in front of a San Francisco audience that included fellow Beat Generation poets Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and
The Walt Whitman Initiative (WWI) invites applications for a fellowship program to encourage new research on Walt Whitman and his cultural legacy and to mentor a promising, public-minded
York, PA – Hake’s Auctions, specialists in Americana and collectibles since 1967, set a new house record when their February 24-25 Premier Auction #231 cashed out at $2,888,163.
San Marino, California — In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntin
In October 2014, while waiting for the light rail, I ducked into a bookstore to get out of the rain. I love treasure hunting in old bookstores.
For Fine Books & Collections subscribers, this painting will look familiar. George Catlin’s 1838 depiction of the Seminole leader Osceola appears on the cover of our winter 2021 issue.