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The July 8 Valuable Books and Manuscripts sale at Christie's will feature a pair of 1912…
Photography was established as a Pulitzer category in 1942, then divided in 1968 into Feature…
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Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Emily Porter, winner of the 2020 National Book Collecting Prize for Young Australian Collectors. Where are you from / where do you live?
A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art showcases the impact of music on picture book artist Jerry Pinkney's life and work.Running through January 3, 2027, Soul, Sound, and Voice: The Art of Jerry Pinkney features more than 75 works from across Pinkney’s career, the…
Highlights from Forum Auctions' The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers on July 9 include:A Display of Presses Collections of pamphlets from presses around the world. The exchanges by the Society of Private Printers were assembled…
This year’s Colin Franklin Prize for Book Collecting offered by the Bodleian Library’s Centre for the Study of the Book has been won by Hannah Wei.The annual prize is awarded to an undergraduate or postgraduate student of the University of Oxford or Oxford Brookes University for a collection of…
Rare How the Grinch Stole Christmas artwork, Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes material, and Peanuts classics all feature in the Heritage Auctions' June 19-21 The Art of Everything Cool Vol. VIII sale.
The original working text of Alcoholics Anonymous with extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors will be the final lot of The Jim Irsay Collection: Icons of History sale at Christie's on July 1, 2026.
Items from the comprehensive Kenneth Grahame collection of rare book dealer David J. Holmes will go under the hammer at Swann Galleries' Illustration Art auction tomorrow (June 18).
A Christie's auction on June 18 will focus on the major library at the Château de Tournay which was once the home of Voltaire.
John Steinbeck and James Fenimore Cooper handwritten manuscripts are going under the hammer alongside a major private holding of presidential material at Bonhams.The Documenting America sale featuring highlights from the Louise Taper Collection runs through June 23 featuring:
Handwritten lyrics, signed albums, and original artwork from Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan all feature in this month's Marvels of Modern Music online sale at RR Auction.
