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Yale Library has revealed its lineup of fall exhibitions at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript…
A true first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit discovered hidden away during a routine house…
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Works by Mary Blair, her husband Lee, and his brother Preston for Disney are among the highlights of Heritage Auctions' The Art of Disney sale next month.
The New York Historical has acquired fashion photographer Bill Cunningham’s archive of tens of thousands of images including photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets, prints, correspondence, and ephemera.
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Joshua Shelley who won second prize in the 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest while he was enrolled in the Ph.D program at Duke University.Where are you from? Where do you live?I'm originally from the suburbs of Detroit, MI, but…
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association has expanded its national student book collecting competition, making it open to all young book collectors aged between 18-30.
A fairly quiet period coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
69-year-old Key West local Tim Stockwell has been crowned winner of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest title, beating more than 130 contestants.
Highlights from the Melbourne Rare Book Fair which runs July 31 - August 2 at Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne include:* Jack London, typescript of South Sea story Mauki which sheds light on the brutal labour trade in which Pacific Islanders were coerced or kidnapped into indentured…
Illustrating Austen at the The Holburne Museum in Bath will showcase the artwork featured in Jane Austen novels over the last 150 years.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will open a new exhibition this fall exploring Eric Carle’s career through the perspective of food. Running September 20 through August 23, 2026, Cooking with Eric Carle will feature more than 50 works dating between 1965 and 2019.
