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Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Amalia V. of New York City who was an…
Highlights of Potter & Potter's Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia auction on…
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Flamingo Eventz celebrates Rare Book Week in New York City with the 15th Anniversary Show of The Manhattan Vintage Book, Ephemera, & Fine Press Book Fair. It is known as The Shadow Show because it is held in conjunction with, and directly across the street from, the well-known New York…
The seventh annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, awarded for an outstanding book collection built by a woman aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the United States, comes with a cash award of $1,000.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Emiko Hastings at the University of Michigan.
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Heritage Auctions' upcoming International Original Art & Anime Auction Signature Auction March 10-12 features two original works featuring one of comicdom's oldest and most celebrated world traveler, Tintin as rendered by his creator, the Belgian artist Hergé.
An eclectic sale featuring items signed by historical luminaries as diverse as theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, France’s King Louis VII and Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere is scheduled for March 15 by University Archives.
Also included is an exceptional array of U.S. presidential material…
The latest in the Cambridge University Press (CUP) series Elements in Publishing and Book Culture focuses on the bibliogeography of bookselling and is currently available as a free download.
Fine Books & Autographs are at Swann Galleries on March 2. The auction will feature autographs from political figures, pop culture icons, artists and authors among others, and will include first editions of key nineteenth and twentieth-century literary works.
A new solo exhibition of the work of sculptor Stella Waitzkin focuses on her book art from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
We reported earlier this month on Mark Twain's typewriter going under the hammer at Heritage Auctions. The Williams No. 6 model typewriter, its black metal frame fixed to a wooden base with its original Williams metal cover (slightly dented), eventually went for $106,250.
Bonhams Skinner’s latest Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts auction was led by a 182-lot single-owner collection of historical documents and autographs with an emphasis on American history.
