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Colorado Springs, CO — CABS-Minnesota has announced that it is currently accepting applications for its Diverse Voices Fellowship program. CABS-Minnesota seeks to build a cohort of five fellows who are interested in learning more about the antiquarian and rare book trade and who have found…
Newbury, Berkshire, England — The address book of one of the most important British female writers Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was one of the many pieces in high demand in Dreweatts two-day sale of the contents of Weston Hall, family seat of the illustrious Sitwell family for more than 300…
New York — Yesterday in a much-anticipated, live auction at Sotheby’s New York, an extremely rare copy of the First Printing of the Final Text of the United States Constitution sold for $43.2 million – more than double its $20 million high estimate and setting a world auction record for any book,…
Cincinnati, OH – On November 15, Hindman Auctions sold one of the earliest photographic portraits taken in America as part of a collection of photographs that realized an impressive $300,000. The archive was purchased by a midwestern museum. Offered in The Henry Fitz Jr. Archive of Photographic…
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — An intriguing signature written by legendary escape artist Harry Houdini when he performed in the Huddersfield Hippodrome is coming up for sale in Tennants Auctioneers’ Toys, Models and Collectables Sale on 15th December.
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 450 lot sale to be held on Saturday, December 11th starting at 10am CDT. The event will be held online and live streamed, with a limited number of bidders physically allowed in the gallery as determined by current Illinois public…
Boston — The Boston Athenæum is pleased to announce that curator and scholar Lauren Graves has been appointed Polly Thayer Starr Fellow in American Art and Culture for a two-year period.
New York — The International Center of Photography (ICP) is excited to announce a recent major gift from The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation to name The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Special Collections Room, adjacent to ICP’s William Randolph Hearst Library at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of…
Chicago – Hindman Auctions set a house record on November 9 and 10 when its Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction achieved a sales total of $1.5 million, the most ever for a various owner Fine Books & Manuscript auction in the company’s 39 year history. The 686 lot…
Connecticut -- A new departure for AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US: their next sale is being offered exclusively on the LiveAuctioneers.com platform (https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/218924_rare-books-documents-photos-and-artwork/). The sale of just over 300 lots includes selections from…
