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Great American books celebrated at Freeman’s, Sept. 21PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s September 21 Books and Manuscripts auction, the inaugural sale of the auction house’s fall 2022 season, will be led by an extremely rare first edition of New Englands First Fruits, a 1643 account of Puritan evangelization in New England. The first copy to be offered at auction in more than 20 years, […]
World views in high demand at Dreweatts & BloomsburyLONDON – Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ March 13 Bibliophile sale saw a group of 59 tinted lithographs of France, Italy and Sicily sell for £2,108 alongside antiquarian books and manuscripts covering subjects from architecture to zoology. LiveAucitoneers.com provided Internet live bidding. The fascinating lithographs, from the late 19th century [Lot 101], were succeeded by a […]
Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of July 4, 2011In the days before Disney, many imaginary sprites that excited children’s imaginations could be found in books. In 1881, Palmer Cox wrote an illustrated story about a group of characters called “Brownies” for Wide Awake magazine. Brownies were imaginary characters based on Celtic mythology. The tiny men had long skinny legs, round bellies and large […]