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Sale of Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Drawings Attracts Intense Worldwide Bidding

West Palm Beach, FL - On April 18, runway action halted temporarily as fashionistas... read more

Waverly Rare Books to Conduct May 2 Judaica Auction

Falls Church, VA - Waverly Rare Books, a division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, will... read more

A Record for Peruvian Photographer Martín Chambi at Swann Galleries

New York — Swann Galleries’ sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs on Thursday, April... read more

Bond Abounds in Literature Auction at Swann on May 14

New York - Nineteenth- and twentieth-century luminaries, science-fiction and more form Swann Galleries’ 19th... read more

Two Hunter S. Thompson Letters to be Auctioned

Los Angeles - An pair of extraordinary letters by Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson... read more

Printed & Manuscript Americana Realizes $1 Million at Swann

New York - Swann Galleries’ Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16... read more

Einstein Letter Defending his Jewish Heritage to be Auctioned

Los Angeles - A fascinating letter by Albert Einstein on the Jewish People’s rights... read more

"William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: A Golden Anniversary" Opens May 4

Amherst, MA --The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the golden anniversary... read more

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The 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers

By Rebecca Rego Barry & Nate Pedersen

’Tis the season: our top 20 ideas

Treasuring the Medieval Past

By Sandra Hindman

The what, why & how of collecting Books of Hours

Puzzlemaster!

By Erin Blakemore

Will Shortz talks about his collection of 25,000 puzzle books and ephemera

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Auction Guide

A preview of some of the auctions coming up this autumn.

Gently Mad

…From an Antique Land

An exhibition on Pergamum prompts fond literary memories

Record-Breaker

Besler in Full Bloom

The famous florilegium reaches $2.5 million

Beyond the Basics

Learning to Look at Books

Why careful examination is crucial for collectors

Sold@Auction

Papyrus Fragments, Venetian Vellum, and Waugh's Dust

A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art

On the Block

Reaching for the Heavens

Giancarlo Beltrame's astronomy books

In the Library

People on Paper

Celebrating caricature at Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library

Fine Maps

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Chasing the Moon’s Shadow

How Edmond Halley mapped the solar eclipse

In View

Close-up

Diane Arbus, reexamined

How I Got Started

Early Women Writers

Collector Maureen E. Mulvihill