NEW YORK – Doyle will hold an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Thursday, October 13 at 10 am Eastern time. The sale will showcase a wide variety of Americana, antiquarian books, first editions, maps and signed items in all fields. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Willow auction features Warhol ‘Cow,’ Dickens first editions, Oct. 6
LINCOLN PARK, N.J. – Willow Auction House will present its Fall Great Estates Curated Auction on Thursday, October 6, beginning at noon Eastern time. It will feature nearly 200 lots of books, artwork, furniture and ethnographic items. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Dinosaur skeleton among curiosities slated for Weiss auction, Sept. 29
LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A full Psittacosaurus dinosaur skeleton, a coveted acetate master recording from Elvis Presley’s early sessions at Sun Records, an archive of material relating to Barbra Streisand and items signed by JFK and the Beatles will all come up for bid in Weiss Auctions’ Iconic and Eclectic auction on Thursday, September 29. The online auction, packed with approximately 500 rare and unusual items, will start at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
An education in back-to-school-themed collectibles
NEW YORK — Goodbye swimsuits, hello backpacks. The arrival of the end of August and the Labor Day weekend signifies the unofficial end of summer as schools ready to reopen. There’s no better time to look at classic children’s books that have become fixtures of school classrooms and libraries and delighted families at home.
Masterworks of science and religion appear at PBA Galleries, Sept. 8
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Thursday, September 8, PBA Galleries will host a sale with 107 lots of rare, valuable, important and profoundly interesting material in all fields. These range from a first edition of the King James Bible to the foundation of Game Theory, with classics from Homer, Aristotle, Virgil and the pre-Socratic philosophers. Landmarks of science by Kepler, Darwin and Einstein are also available, as well as travels through the interiors of North and South America, manuscripts and ephemeral printings from Mexico, finely bound sets and high spots of literature. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
20th C. classic books are page-turners at April 26 Potter & Potter sale
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a 239-lot Fine Literature and Modern Firsts sale on Tuesday, April 26 starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Science fiction and children’s books triumph at PBA Galleries
BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries‘ Fine Literature Sale 757, held on March 24, was a solid success. It featured more than 400 lots that included important literature from the 19th and 20th centuries, scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation, as well as a large selection of the works of Charles Bukowski.
Book from Mark Twain’s library enlivens Turner’s March 5 sale
SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present Books & Manuscripts, Part 2 on Saturday, March 5. The sale features more than 205 lots of antique or vintage books, including first editions, documents, maps, engravings, lithographs, postcard albums and signed lots. Most are from the collection and estate of Holbrook T. Mitchell of Northern California. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
1st edition Huckleberry Finn featured at Potter & Potter, Feb. 26
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will present Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, a sale of more than 600 lots, on Saturday, February 26 starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Steve Jobs-signed TIME magazine is predicted top prize at Swann, Feb. 17
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries will hold its next Fine Books & Autographs sale on Thursday, February 17. Autographs from luminaries representing the realms of technology, politics, literature and beyond will be offered alongside scarce first editions from the 20th century and noteworthy artist books. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.