CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions set a house record on November 9 and 10 when its Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction achieved a sales total of $1.5 million, the most ever for a various owner Fine Books & Manuscript auction in the company’s 39-year history.
Illustrator Barry Moser’s personal collection featured at Hindman Nov. 9-10
CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions’ November 9-10 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction will feature 687 lots. The sale will be led by strong sessions featuring printed and manuscript Americana, natural history, science and microscopy, and fine bindings including fore-edge paintings and publisher’s trade bindings and children’s literature. A dedicated session of selections from the studio and personal archive of Barry Moser will also be offered. Moser, a renowned artist and illustrator, is the owner, operator and proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press. This selection, the most comprehensive group of Moser material ever offered at auction, represents the full range of Moser’s creative process – from his own annotated source material and preliminary drawings to his trial designs and proof impressions to the final productions of many of his most celebrated works. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.