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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 — Many great figures of the past had an amanuensis, the humble, often anonymous, scribe or secretary who recorded their thoughts and sayings for posterity. Occasionally, amanuenses found their own place in history; James Boswell, whose celebrated Life of Samuel Johnson captured so many of…
Chicago — Potter and Potter's early spring literature event was a best seller in every regard. After a long day of energized bidding, 107 lots realized between $750-1,999; 50 lots realized between $2,000-9,999; and 6 lots broke the five digit mark. Prices noted include the company's 20% buyer's…
Los Angeles – A scarce Gutenberg Bible Leaf from the 15th Century made From the moveable type that ushered in the Enlightenment by democratizing knowledge through mass production of literature will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on March 25, 2021.
Art and memorabilia from the Bel Air home of celebrity author Judith Krantz will go to auction in Los Angeles on April 8. Krantz, who died at age 91 in 2019, dominated bestseller lists from the late seventies into the nineties with ten racy romance novels that brought her fame and fortune,…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK — The sale included the Selected Contents of Forcett Hall, North Yorkshire, as instructed by the Executors of the late J.H. Edwards-Heathcote Esq., a varied consignment ranging from paintings and furniture to books and antique saddles. The top lot from Forcett Hall was…
We learned earlier this week about the death of antiquarian bookseller Dorothy Sloan, “a pioneering woman in the book trade,” according to fellow bookseller John Windle. Kurt Zimmerman, a collector who worked for Sloan during his graduate school years in the early 1990s, said, “Her research and…
Boston — Important sports cards, autographs, and memorabilia fill RR Auction's spring sports auction with online bidding March 11 through March 25.
Top lots include a rare handwritten letter by Lou Gehrig, on Andrew Jackson Hotel letterhead, dated April 6, 1936. Rarely made available to the public…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 600+ lot sale to be held on Saturday, April 24th starting at 10am CDT. Given current public health regulations, the event will be held entirely online and live streamed from the company's gallery, newly relocated to 5001 W. Belmont…
The 250th anniversary of the Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), author of Ivanhoe, Waverley, and Rob Roy, will be an occasion for a series of events in Scotland and around the world running through 2021 and into 2022.
