Fine Books News: Recent
Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair returns to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea from May 14 through May…
Opening this summer at The Huntington will be its new exhibition This Land Is... which will focus…
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New York – Prepare to be amazed by the most important collection of objects spanning the history of magic illusionism, popular entertainments, and other curiosities to ever appear at auction: Sotheby’s today announces that property from the collection of Ricky Jay – one of the world’s greatest…
New York — Swann Galleries is set to open the fall 2021 season with the sale of the Virginia Zabriskie Collection on Tuesday, September 21. The special single-owner sale is comprised of Zabriskie’s personal collection, built during a pioneering career spanning more than five decades, marked by…
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:
Paris — Christie's is delighted to welcome Aguttes* to its Exceptional Sale on 23rd November, which will offer collectors an exceptional document : a 54-page autograph manuscript written by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso between June 1913 and early 1914.
Get a three-minute introduction to the historic American Bibles and religious texts in the collection of David M. Rubenstein (the billionaire book collector and philanthropist profiled in our spring 2020 issue).
New York -- As Jewish communities around the world are set to observe the two holiest holidays on the Jewish calendar – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – Sotheby’s is pleased to announce that it will offer the earliest illustrated Hebrew Prayerbook to ever appear at auction.
Late last year, lawyer and city court judge David J. Whitcomb found a secret attic in a building he had just purchased in Geneva, New York. Even better, the hidden storeroom was filled with hundreds of old photos and antique photography equipment. “Oh my God, I think we found the Goonies treasure…
Chicago — Potter and Potter's spectacular 600+ lot Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale was the company's highest grossing auction to date. After a day of spirited bidding, 107 lots realized between $1,000-4,999; 22 lots realized between $5,000-9,999; and 16 lots broke the five digit mark. Prices noted…
New York – Christie’s is pleased to announce The Exceptional Literature Collection of Theodore B. Baum, to be sold in two parts, live and online, this September. Mr. Baum’s library of literary first editions is among the finest ever assembled, built over the course of decades as he worked closely…
The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival will run Sept. 17-26 this year, featuring more than 100 authors, poets, and writers in a range of formats. The festival's theme is “Open a Book, Open the World,” and it will be kicked off by LeVar Burton, the actor and literacy advocate who…
