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Historic Manuscripts to Join Bayeux Tapestry in New Exhibition
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (281+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Historic Manuscripts to Join Bayeux Tapestry in New Exhibition The British Museum has released the first details of what it describes as "its exhibition of the century…...
1543 First Edition of Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica to Auction
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (206+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. 1543 First Edition of Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica to Auction Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem Catawiki has announced the upcoming auction of a copy…...
Broadcaster John Laws' Library and Writing Instruments to Auction
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (338+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Broadcaster John Laws' Library and Writing Instruments to Auction Two library occasional tables of faux books formed as a stack of books on a stand, the spines…...
Hispanic Society Launches New Poetry Center Initiative
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (181+ words) Ezequiel Zaidenwerg, launch Head of the Poetry Center The Hispanic Society Museum & Library has announced the launch of The Hispanic Society Poetry Center which will also house the archive of Chilean poet David Rosenmann Taub (1927-2023)." Poet and scholar Ezequiel Zaidenwerg…...
Major Agatha Christie Exhibition Coming to the British Library
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (261+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Major Agatha Christie Exhibition Coming to the British Library Agatha Christie's study notes for her pharmaceutical exam taken in 1917 The British Library will open a new exhibition…...
Firsts London 2026 Sees Rise in International Rare Book Buyers
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (175+ words) This year's Firsts: London Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea saw sales of more than "5m with over 4, 000 visitors through the doors to browse 100 stands, many relating to this year's theme of the fair 'Revolution' to…...
World Cup Stars Messi and Yamal Lead Sports Cards Auction
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (266+ words) 2015 Panini Flawless Sole Of The Game Signatures-Gold Lionel Messi card Ahead of next month's World Cup in North America sports cards featuring footballers Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal were among the top sales at Heritage Auctions' latest Spring Sports Catalog…...
Unrecorded Shakespeare Fourth Folio Tops Freeman's Two Day Books Sale
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (331+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Unrecorded Shakespeare Fourth Folio Tops Freeman's Two Day Books Sale Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is…...
Rare 19th Century Japanese Surimono Albums on Show
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (337+ words) Yashima Gakutei, A Woman with a Box and A Woman with Spools, 1820s The RISD Museum on Rhode Island will open'The Artistry and Reunion of Two Surimono Albums reuniting for the first time in nearly a century two extraordinary albums of…...
Book Collector Kaveh Bahar on Death, Mourning, and Attachment
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (814+ words) Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Kaveh Bahar, who won third prize in the David Ruggles Prize for emerging young collectors of color. Where are you from / where do you live? I'm from NYC, and currently live there....