In 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his time at war, intimate letters, books, and ...
An image of the Codex Sassoon, one of the most complete ancient bibles in existence that was sold at auction for $38 million in May. The record sale is one of many that are propelling the rare books ...
CORRECTION: A photo caption in an earlier version of this article gave incorrect information about Barbara Heritage’s job. She is the director of collections, exhibitions and scholarly initiatives at ...
Brooker began collecting in 1959 in Paris and has been assembling his library ever since. Sotheby's For the last six decades, American bibliophile T. Kimball Brooker has been collecting rare ...
Anyone with a high income-level can put together an impressive art collection, but only the high-minded can put together an impressive book collection. Until now. This month, Gagosian has launched an ...
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How collecting books became the new vinyl
Unlike the many perplexing things about Generation Z, their new-found passion for fine and collectible books is hardly strange at all. As vinyl, film camera s, and even such technological relics as ...
It’s a great time to be a lover (and collector) of important American literature. Christie’s will auction off a stunning collection of rare printed books and manuscripts belonging to Bruce M. Lisman ...
A rare group of books featuring volumes by Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, and Galileo Galilei that were collected by the late astronomer—and eclipse chaser—Jay Pasachoff is coming to the auction ...
That result dominated the Dallas-based auction house’s entire 610-lot Rare Books Signature sale—and set a new record for the most expensive unsigned Tolkien books ever sold at auction, outdoing the ...
Considering that Christine Farrell had one of the greatest comic book collections ever compiled, it was surprising how casually she hoarded her treasure when the Mountain Lake PBS program “People Near ...
Rare books owned by Burlington native and Shelburne resident Bruce Lisman sold for more than $3 million at auction last week. The featured piece in the sale – corrected page proofs of “The Scarlet ...
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