Fine Books News: Recent
New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
Topics
Nate D Sanders Auctions will offer a rare first edition of Fielding Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book on September 25, the earliest American drawing instruction book predating John Gadsby Chapman's The American Drawing Book by two decades.
More than 140 photos taken by the man who shovelled coal on the Hogwarts Express come to auction tomorrow at Hansons Auctioneers.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
A group of 14 Christmas cards signed by poet T. S. Eliot comes up for sale at Forum Auctions on September 17.The cards, five of which are also signed by Valerie Eliot, include designs by Bernett Freedman, Edward Bawden, Edward Ardizzone, André Francois, and Alan Howard for Faber & Faber between…
Frank Frazetta’s cover painting known as Man Ape for the 1967 Lancer/Ace Conan paperback sold for $13.5m in a single-lot sale at Heritage Auctions' Comics & Comic Art event. This marks a new record for an original Frazetta painting, and is the highest auction result for any Frazetta work…
A first-of-its-kind, bilingual exhibition at the NYPL will showcase Puerto Rican life and culture through comic books, its complex past, relationship to New York City, and futuristic visions of fantasy worlds.
V&A East Storehouse opens its doors on September 13 to the David Bowie Centre and the singer's archive of writings and sketches in London.Highlights include:
The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum celebrates how artists across centuries, disciplines and faiths have all drawn inspiration from the natural world.At its heart are treasures from Blackburn’s Hart Collection, one of the UK’s most important collections of rare books and manuscripts,…
The Tucson-based gallerist's library which goes under the hammer at 11am Pacific Time today at PBA Galleries runs to more than 4,500 volumes, and has supported over 300 exhibitions and 150 art fairs, featuring numerous signed and inscribed editions by photographers that he worked with over the…
Running September 19 through February 1, 2026 L is for Look will focus on children's photobooks from their rise in the 1930s to the present day at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne.Most of the books on display come from the Photo Elysée library, one of the largest collections of photography books in…
