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Highlights of PBA Galleries' February 5 auction from the Klaus Werner Collection with an emphasis…
The top lot of Freeman's' latest auction was a manuscript document signed by John Hancock,…
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Freeman’s June 8 auction A Fine Collection of American Literature and History is led by an exceedingly rare 1855 first edition, first issue, of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. With an estimate of $100,000 - $150,000, it is one of only 337 copies printed in the more ornate first issue gilt binding,…
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week: On Wednesday, May 17 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 325 lots of Photographs, Autographs & Documents, and British Royalty Memorabilia.
An Olivetti Lettera 35 portable manual typewriter used by Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland while she lived in Paris to write with fans and friends is on sale at Bonhams as part of its The Collection of Olivia de Havilland auction ending May 23. It comes with a letter signed by the actor…
The Cat’s Pyjamas: Cats in Culture and Society two-day conference will be held at Senate House Library May 25-26, focusing on the historic role of cats in our literature and society.
The conference will explore the influence of cats in literature, film, social media, and music with keynote talks…
Highlights from various exhibitors at the ABAA Virtual Book Fair Spring Edition running through May 13 include:
Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts drawn from the Getty Museum’s collection. The exhibition goes on view at the Getty Center from May 16 through August 6, 2023.
Boston-based RR Auction has announced the sale for $106,985 of a rare and pristine Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976.
The check, dated July 8, 1976, was payable to Crampton, Remke & Miller, Inc. for $175 and is filled out in type and signed by Jobs himself.
An academic wager on Super Bowl LVII has been fulfilled with the opening of the exhibition Promoting Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society and Science in Early America, at Kansas City's Linda Hall Library,
More than 100 international antiquarian dealers will descend on the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea for Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair, running this year May 19-21.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Georgia Brown at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee:
What is your role at your institution?
