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The winner of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize is Darby Ronning for The Alldera…
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Berkeley, CA — On September 8, 2022, PBA Galleries will host a sale with 107 lots of rare, valuable, important, and profoundly interesting material in all fields. These range from a first edition of the King James Bible to the foundation of Game Theory, with classics from Homer, Aristotle, Virgil…
Columbus, OH – This fall, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) will premiere Wild Things are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak. It will be the first major retrospective of Sendak since his death in 2012, and the largest and most complete exhibition of one of the most celebrated and…
London — A previously unknown sketchbook of watercolours and pencil drawings relating to the California Gold Rush and the famous Forty Niners has sold at auction on August 4 for £20,000 ($24,100; including buyers premium).
Berkeley, CA — On August 25, 2022, PBA Galleries will be hosting a sale of Antiquarian Books with Fine Press and Fine Bindings of over 350 lots from the private press movement, fine bindings, fore-edge painted books, posters, graphic arts and antiquarian books. Featured are choice selections of…
Amsterdam – Catawiki is proud to continue our tradition of offering exciting and high quality books and manuscripts in Exclusive auctions.
We have launched a large selection of beautiful books, maps, manuscripts and autographs in our latest “Exclusive Auction” With a wealth of beautiful…
Boston — A King Henry VIII signed document discussing sponsoring the feast day of St. George sold for $66,435 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The one-page vellum manuscript signed "Henry R," is dated July 26, 1536. The document by which King Henry VIII orders the treasurer and…
London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edition, with 120 international dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.
In addition to the many returning exhibitors, Firsts London…
Catskill, NY — For a brief twenty years as the 19th turned into the 20th century, Americans were often beguiled, entertained, and sometimes dazzled by the attractively designed and often gold-laden covers of the books that they read. In a period when art was breaking from academy-bound tradition in…
Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired the original watercolor illustrations created by Vera B. Williams for her children’s books, “A Chair for Always” (2009) and “Cherries and Cherry Pits” (1986). The collection was acquired from Williams’ children on behalf of the Vera B.…
Stansted Mountfitchet, England — Sworders’ August 23 Books and Maps sale includes not one but two first edition sets of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. One set, signed by JRR Tolkien is estimated at £6000-10,000, the other unsigned but in unread condition, is expected to bring £5000-8000.
