Christie's

Mrs. T.S. Eliot's Collections at Auction
On Wednesday of this week, Christie's London will auction the collection(s) of the late Mrs. T. S.
The World's Most Expensive Book at Auction
Christie's to Auction an Iberian Private Collection
London - Christie’s is pleased to announce the upcoming auction An Iberian Private Collection with Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu on 8 December 2011 and Part II: Furniture, Silver
Christie's Victorian & British Art Sale
London - Christie’s Victorian & British Impressionist Art sale will offer 90 paintings and works on paper at auction on 15 December 2011, by a variety of artists ranging from the Pre-Raphaelites t
William E. Self, Producer, Bookman
Poe poetry earns $662,500 at auction
Of Typewriters and Tamerlanes
Times are supposed to be tough, right? The market is flat, people are cutting back, collectors, like everyone else, are supposedly hunkering down.
Archimedes on the Beach
In the week that has passed since my last posting, I have exhausted my supply of recreational reading, a circumstance that has occasioned a trip to Parnassas Books, one of my favorite haunts here on t
Great Stuff Always Finds a Home
Regardless of how stressed the economy may be at any given time, truly great books and manuscripts will always find a new home, and rarely will they be at fire-sale prices.