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Dallas, TX – One of just a handful of this style poster released to promote Universal’s 1933 monster classic The Invisible Man may bring as much as $125,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster auction March 21-22. The sale is filled with first-time offerings ranging from stone litho masterpieces to…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire — An outstanding manuscript on archery, compiled by Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey of Thirkleby Park, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, is coming up for sale at Tennants Auctioneers in its Book Sale on 18th March.
London — Peter Harrington, the UK’s largest rare bookseller, is pleased to launch its’ new Children’s Catalogue, containing an incredible selection of over 200 items of children's literature and original art, dating from 1750 to the 21st century. Every item is either a first edition in remarkably…
Another bunch of auctions this week to keep an eye on:
New York − An important handwritten Isaac Newton manuscript exploring the nature of God and creation sold for $106,325 at the Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on March 6 in New York. It had an estimate of US$100,000-150,000. Extensively reworked, underlined and amended, this…
New Haven, CT — Books are the lawyer's tools and the law student's laboratory, and nothing brings this home better than the marks that they leave in their books. Over 30 such annotated and inscribed books from the Lillian Goldman Law Library are on display in Precedents So Scrawl'd and Blurr'd:…
Chicago — Potter and Potter's February 29th Leap Year day auction hit the ground running, offering buyers nonstop fun and opportunities from start to finish. After the hammer fell for the last time, 44 lots realized $750-2,000; 25 lots made $2,001-$4,999; and 5 lots broke the $5,000 barrier. Prices…
New York – On April 21, a rare selection of books written by the influential author Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) will be offered as part of the Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana sale, during Classics Week. Woolf is recognized as one of the most innovative writers of the…
Charcoal Book Club launched a few years ago as a subscription service and takes the hassle (or fun) out of building a photobook collection. The company's value prop lies in its ability to provide signed, first edition photobooks (plus a "collectible print") to subscribers at a standard rate. The…
Of course you can see many booksellers now through Sunday during Rare Book Week in New York City. Or you can catch them on the big screen. That’s right, The Booksellers, a documentary about antiquarian and rare book dealers, which debuted last fall at the New York Film Festival, opens in theaters…
