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The Raab Collection has discovered and will offer for sale for Presidents’ Day a mysterious relic…
Signed in Paris by American diplomats Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe and French official…
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Two iconic Philadelphia institutions are teaming up to provide public access to an extraordinary historical collection. The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has acquired the archives of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Academy of Music in an agreement that will facilitate research and access…
A Harry Potter-mad teenager won the rarest Potter book ever seen by a books expert – and it could deliver a magical result at Hansons' Christmas Harry Potter & Library Auction in December.
In 2012 when Chloe Esslemont was a 16-year-old school girl at The Nelson Thomlinson School…
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the archive of American author Thomas Pynchon, considered by many to be among the greatest novelists of our time. Comprising 70 linear feet of materials created between the late 1950s and the 2020s - including typescripts and…
Jane Austen was born on Saturday December 16, 1775 – a bitterly cold winter’s night, 247 years ago. Join us online for a fabulous birthday celebration that you can enjoy from home - wherever you are in the world!
Our virtual birthday party has quickly become a much-loved annual tradition! This…
Zoe Anderson Norris (1860-1914), although little remembered today, was a foremother of modern-day social-justice advocates and confessional bloggers baring souls in print. In millions of published words of fiction and journalism - including in her own bimonthly magazine, The East Side (…
RR Auction's December Science & Technology sale chronicles the history of scientific advancement in the 20th century, boasting a broad array of important autographs, artifacts, hardware, objects, and ephemera.
The auction opens with memorabilia from the career of Otto Berg, a pioneering space…
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath has been successful in its quest to buy Caroline Herschel’s own handwritten manuscript draft of her memoir, thanks to generous funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of National Libraries,…
For the first time in more than a decade, antiquarian book fairs return to the Golden Gate City with Rare Books San Francisco!
Presenting the finest antiquarian booksellers, ephemera, and map dealers from all over the world, this exciting event takes place February 3-5, 2023, at The Hibernia…
Sell My Comic Books is delighted to announce that we have been acquired by Goldin, the leading collectibles auction house.
The staff, intellectual properties and other assets were included in the acquisition, including SellMyComicBooks.com and sister site SellMyComicArt.com.
Sean Goodrich will be…
A new exhibition will open in April 2023 that will explore how the Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell presented Manchester and its people through her novels and short stories, and the impact she had through her writing.
