Cover of the 2023 edition of ‘Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide,’ which was released on September 27. Image courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal

Kovels’ 2023 Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide available now

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Cover of the 2023 edition of ‘Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide,’ which was released on September 27. Image courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal

Cover of the 2023 edition of ‘Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide,’ which was released on September 27. Image courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal

NEW YORK – The Kovels are the most trusted source for both the casual and expert collector. With 12,500 actual prices and 3,150 full-color photographs, Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2023 (Black Dog & Leventhal; release date September 27) features exceptionally well-organized, wide-ranging and up-to-the-minute information, and includes more tips, marks, logos and photographs than any other competitive title.

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Dogs and their people bonded forever in new book of antique photos

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A photograph from the Anthony Cavo book ‘LOVE IMMORTAL – Antique Photographs and Stories of Dogs and Their People.’ Courtesy of Harper Design

NEW YORK – A newly published book titled LOVE IMMORTAL (Harper Design 9780063204294; $25.99) presents for the first time more than 200 photographs from the private collection of longtime antiques collector, dealer, and appraiser Anthony Cavo. This artfully designed collection of Daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite, and sepia and black-and-white images includes an entertaining mix of historical anecdotes, true stories, superstitions, excerpts from literature, letters, quotes, and fun facts that are sure to make this book irresistible to dog lovers and to those with an interest in photography.

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New book series recaptures ‘Antique Americana,’ one category at a time

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Antique Americana: Coin-Operated Devices by Jim Bunte

BLANCO, Texas – In his decades-long career as a writer, magazine editor and digital publisher, Jim Bunte has covered every antiques category imaginable, from early American photographs to old railroad boxcars. He is also a visionary who was way ahead of the curve in spotting how railroad cars might be recycled and reimagined as trendy, affordable housing. But his most recent project looks back in time through a series of light, visually rich, single-topic books published under the aegis of “Antique Americana.”

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On March 1, Scribner will release Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by historian Megan Kate Nelson, which explores how the country’s first national park came to be. Image courtesy of Scribner

‘Saving Yellowstone’ chronicles origins of America’s first national park

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On March 1, Scribner will release Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by historian Megan Kate Nelson, which explores how the country’s first national park came to be. Image courtesy of Scribner

On March 1, Scribner will release Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by historian Megan Kate Nelson, which explores how the country’s first national park came to be. Image courtesy of Scribner

NEW YORK — Each year, nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park — one of the most popular of all national parks — but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. Vividly narrated and illuminating, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Scribner; on sale
March 1) by historian Megan Kate Nelson (author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Three-Cornered War) shines a light on the creation of our first national park, and makes clear how frequently the grandest goals of our country precipitate the suffering and subjugation of many who called this land home, and how our most progressive visions can be warped by the reality of the American project.

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In February 2022, Phaidon will publish ‘Nicolas Party,’ a 160-page book on the acclaimed Swiss-born contemporary artist. Image courtesy of Phaidon

Monograph of Swiss artist Nicolas Party set for February 2022 release

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In February 2022, Phaidon will publish ‘Nicolas Party,’ a 160-page book on the acclaimed Swiss-born contemporary artist. Image courtesy of Phaidon

In February 2022, Phaidon will publish ‘Nicolas Party,’ a 160-page book on the acclaimed Swiss-born contemporary artist. Image courtesy of Phaidon

NEW YORK – Phaidon is delighted to announce Nicolas Party, the first comprehensive monograph to examine the artist’s career to date, to be published in February 2022. Swiss-born artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980-) is a figurative painter and sculptor whose color-saturated landscapes, portraits, and still lifes simultaneously celebrate and challenge representational conventions in the history of painting. At 41 years old, Party is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful artists working today, with exhibitions at the world’s leading institutions and auction records in excess of one million US dollars.

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A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold December 9 in Dallas for $471,000 and a new world auction record for the book.

Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone book sets auction record at $471K

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A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold December 9 in Dallas for $471,000 and a new world auction record for the book.

A 1997 British first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter series, sold December 9 in Dallas for $471,000 and a new world auction record.

DALLAS – A rare first edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold December 9 at Heritage Auctions for $471,000, the highest price ever paid for the boy wizard’s debut in any form.

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On October 26, Simon & Schuster released ‘David Copperfield’s History of Magic,’ a 272-page hardcover that showcases his peerless collection of magic posters, apparatus, and ephemera. Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster

David Copperfield book offers glimpse of magic craft history

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On October 26, Simon & Schuster released ‘David Copperfield’s History of Magic,’ a 272-page hardcover that showcases his peerless collection of magic posters, apparatus, and ephemera. Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster

On October 26, Simon & Schuster released ‘David Copperfield’s History of Magic,’ a 272-page hardcover that showcases his peerless collection of magic posters, apparatus, and ephemera. Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster

LAS VEGAS (AP) – The man who has made the Statue of Liberty vanish and walked through the Great Wall of China, strives to travel through time. Living in the moment won’t suffice for David Copperfield. This is true in his stage show at MGM Grand Theater, which employs black-and-white film clips depicting Copperfield’s father, and a time-worn, handwritten letter written decades ago. The illusionist’s zeal to span generations is celebrated on an even grander scale at his own private museum of magic in Las Vegas.

He’s dubbed it the David Copperfield International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, but passersby won’t find an elaborate sign outside, or any indication at all of what lies inside the 40,000-square-foot, one-time warehouse just a few miles from his eponymous theater where he performs 15 shows a week. While the secret museum has no windows, it offers a sweeping view of the history of magic. And despite its undeniable potential as a ticketed attraction, the museum has never been open to the public. But now Copperfield is offering the world its first glimpse of the vast trove of supernatural artifacts in his new 272-page hardbound book David Copperfield’s History of Magic.

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Cover of ‘A Life of Picasso: The Minotaur Years,’ by John Richardson, which debuts November 16. Image courtesy of Knopf

John Richardson’s final Picasso book arrives in November

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Cover of ‘A Life of Picasso: The Minotaur Years,’ by John Richardson, which debuts November 16. Image courtesy of Knopf

Cover of ‘A Life of Picasso: The Minotaur Years,’ by John Richardson, which debuts November 16. Courtesy of Knopf

NEW YORK (AP) – In the fall of 2018, art historian John Richardson fell critically ill and died the following March, at age 95. He left behind a distinguished record as a critic, curator and biographer and questions about the fate of one of the art world’s longest awaited volumes, his fourth and final book on Pablo Picasso. Shelley Wanger, his editor at Alfred A. Knopf, explained during a recent interview that she and Richardson had been working “on a typed manuscript” that they would review together when she came to see him each week. By the time he was hospitalized, they had what she calls “essentially a finished manuscript,” save for end notes, illustrations and some additional research. Richardson’s A Life of Picasso: The Minotaur Years, which comes out Nov. 16, completes a project he began more than 30 years ago with The Prodigy and continued with The Cubist Rebel and The Triumphant Years.

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Kovels releases Antiques & Collectibles 2022 Price Guide

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CLEVELAND –The 54th edition of the perennially popular Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide by Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel is now available online at Kovels.com and at booksellers nationwide. With more tips, more marks, and more prices than any other price guide on the market, Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2022 gives antiques enthusiasts the information they need to quickly identify and price finds, and to buy and sell more confidently.

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1816 first edition English copy of Ada Lovelace’s 'An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus.' Image courtesy Manhattan Rare Book Company

1816 book shines light on Ada Lovelace, ‘first computer programmer’

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1816 first edition English copy of Ada Lovelace’s 'An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus.' Image courtesy Manhattan Rare Book Company

1816 first edition English copy of Ada Lovelace’s ‘An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus.’ Image courtesy Manhattan Rare Book Company

NEW YORK – A historically significant first English edition of a French mathematical text from the personal library of Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), the renowned British scientist and mathematician (and daughter of the renowned poet Lord Byron) has appeared in the marketplace for private purchase. The book is especially significant in the context of Women’s History Month, as many may not realize that Lovelace is regarded as the world’s first computer programmer. Read more