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What Sotheby’s describes as "the greatest collection of letters and documents relating to Vice-…
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A rare printing of Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner published while the War of 1812 still raged is among the highlights of Heritage Auctions' Liberty & Legacy: Celebrating 250 Years of the American Spirit sale on June 25.
Philadelphia printer John Dunlap set the Declaration of Independence in type and printed an estimated 200 copies on the night of July 4, 1776, which spread the news of independence.
Highlights from The Center for the Study of Political Graphics and PBA Galleries' June 25 Political Posters auction includes:* Censorship is UnAmerican by Josh Gosfield (New York, Virgin Records, 1990)
A 1771 first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica complete with the controversial midwifery plates ordered removed from every copy by George III will be offered by Peter Harrington at Treasure House Fair June 24-30 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.…
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.
