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Highlights of Bernard Quaritch's new Women Printers, Publishers, Booksellers catalogue…
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, on view at The J. Paul Getty Museum running…
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London — Like many classics of world literature, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales has appeared in many guises over the centuries. It has been filmed several times, most memorably by the Italian film director Pier Paulo Pasolini who cast himself in the plum role of Chaucer, and most recently was…
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Aguttes will sell 261 lots of Autographes & Manuscrits on Monday, March 29, with most lots estimated at €2,500 or less.
Los Angeles – An Albert Einstein typed letter signed just months before World War II, with moving content regarding helping Jewish refugees sold tonight for $63,195 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It received 13 bids.
Just a few weeks ago, the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, presented an online conversation with author/illustrator Edward Carey. As FB&C readers know, we have a delightful interview with Carey in our current issue, which is available to read online.
In this video, Carey discusses finding…
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 scholar pursuing a career in the humanities. The fellowship will be available to graduate students and…
New York — Poster Auctions International’s (PAI) first sale of the year, on March 14th, finished at just under $2 million in sales. Rare Posters Auction LXXXIII surpassed expectations, thanks to passionate collectors and first-rate consignments.
Yesterday the Boston Public Library (BPL) announced a major donation to clean, catalogue, and preserve the 400,000 volumes that comprise its historic Founding Research Collection. Two gifts, totaling $2.1 million, came from an anonymous donor and the Associates of the BPL. The Founding Research…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Emily Wells, an honorable mention in the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women 30 and under.
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I'm originally from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, but I am currently living in Williamsburg, Virginia…
New York — The artist Georgia O’Keeffe – the mother of American Modernism – had a long love affair with New Mexico. From her very first visit in 1929, she was inspired by the landscape, the people, the flora and fauna to produce her most memorable work. Fascinated by the sun-bleached animal bones…
Chicago – On March 19, Hindman Auctions saw outstanding results in its Literature From a Private New Orleans Collection sale. The auction realized over $435,000, more than double its presale estimate, and included competitive bidding throughout. The sale presented several of the most significant…
