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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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Connecticut — AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US, Sale #4: Photographs, Albums and Archives, featuring the Gaeta-Gouey Collection. Preview: on now. The auction runs from Thursday 8th October until Thursday 15th, ending at 2.30pm EST.
Dallas, TX – Charles Schulz’s Peanuts made its comic-strip debut on Oct. 2, 1950. Seventy years and one day later, that Boy Named Charlie Brown topped Heritage Auctions’ European Comic Art event when an original Easter-themed Sunday strip from April 1968 sold over the weekend for $62,500. Apropos,…
Last month the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C., reopened with Her Story: A Century of Women Writers, an exhibition featuring portraits of twenty-four prominent authors, including Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Sandra Cisneros. Her Story is part of a larger initiative to…
New York – Sotheby’s is pleased to announce the full offerings from its online sales of American Manuscripts & other Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang, open for bidding through 14 October, and Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana, open for bidding through 15…
Dayton, OH – Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction.
Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in…
Presidents of ILAB’s 22 national associations held their first virtual meeting on 1st October 2020, addressing issues arising from the global pandemic as well as re-electing Sally Burdon to serve as ILAB President for a second term.
Mario Giupponi (Italy) was elected as new Vice-President and two…
New York — Fine Photographs will come to auction Thursday, October 22 at Swann Galleries. The sale brings to market excellent photographs from the collection of Evelyne Daitz, noteworthy portfolios, and a strong selection of vernacular photography.
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions' signature late summer event had a distinctly carnival atmosphere, attracting bids and interest from around the world. When the hammer fell silent after a day of competitive bidding, 94 lots realized $500-999; 56 lots scored $1,000-$4,999; and five lots made $…
Amsterdam — There are old Bibles, and there are beautiful Bibles. In their newest auction theme, Catawiki have found a clutch of Bibles that fit into both categories. With the oldest work having been printed in 1493, and the newest mid 19th century, there is a wide variety of dates and expected…
