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AE Top 500 Auction Sales for 2006! - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The time has arrived for the third annual listing of the AE Top 10 plus 490 (also known as the AE Top 500) results from book and related ephemera auctions for 2006. The past year proved the market remains healthy for books at the upper end, with seven items qualifying for millionaire status. At the top, we find an old and familiar name, and while nothing quite matched the high for 2005, $5.6...

AE Top 500 Auction Sales for 2006!

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman The time has arrived for the third annual listing of the AE Top 10 plus 490 (also known as the AE Top 500) results from book and related ephemera auctions for 2006. The past year proved the market remains healthy for books at the upper end, with seven items qualifying for millionaire status. At the top, we find an old and familiar name, and while nothing quite matched the high for 2005, $5.6...


The Power of Book Auction History - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney We are accustomed to books of history and books of significance that are themselves often the agents of history entering the...	Comparing The Book Finding Sites - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman And you thought there was a proliferation of bookselling websites! There is certainly no shortage of places where a bookseller can go to...
A Manual that Thinks the way You Think - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney AE is a complex site that includes many useful services and when you have the interest or the need you can master...	Take Control of Your Foreign Affairs, Part II - By Renee Roberts By Renée Magriel Roberts In my December article I discussed some of the problems that we booksellers face in buying and selling overseas, with a...
The Year just Past, the Year Ahead - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Thread by thread the world of books, manuscripts and ephemera is being sewn on the net into forms inconceivable only a few...	BookFinder Lists Top 10 Used and Out of Print Books for 2006 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Internet book finding website BookFinder has released its top 10 list of the most sought after used and out of print books...
Eighteen Catalogues Reviewed in Section Two This month there are 18 new catalogues reviewed in Section Two of AE Monthly. Maggs Bros. offers travels and voyages, while Bernard Shapero Rare Books...	Travels and Voyages from Maggs Bros. By Michael Stillman We recently received our first catalogue from the venerable Maggs Bros. Ltd. of London, though it is number 1397 in their long-running...
Early English and Italian Works from Samuel Gedge, Ltd. By Michael Stillman We recently received Catalogue I from U.K. bookseller Samuel Gedge, Ltd. Recently established in Mundesley, Norfolk, Samuel Gedge and Ernesta Campaner apply...	Modern Literature from Ken Lopez Bookseller By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Ken Lopez Bookseller, of Hadley, Massachusetts. If you are looking to find Hadley, think...
Actors, Celebrities and Others from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from James Pepper Rare Books of Santa Barbara, California. This is an intriguing group of...	Rare Americana from Michael Brown Rare Books By Michael Stillman Michael Brown Rare Books of Philadelphia recently issued their catalogue number 42 of Printed and Manuscript Americana. This catalogue contains over...
Recent Acquisitions from John Michael Lang Fine Books By Michael Stillman A pamphlet of Recent Acquisitions has just been received from John Michael Lang Fine Books. This could be described as a general...	Law Dictionaries from The Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman "It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of...
More Than Just Old and Rare Bibliography from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman The most recent catalogue from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books has just arrived in the New World. Knuf is a Vendome, France, bookselling...	Mexico and Latin America from Plaza Books By Michael Stillman The latest from Plaza Books, List 21, recently arrived. It offers 40 items of interest to those who collect Latin America, Mexico...
Confederate Military History Part II from Chapel Hill Rare Books By Michael Stillman Chapel Hill Rare Books has now issued Part II of its catalogue of The William Hobday Collection of Confederate Military History. The...	Various Autographs and Manuscripts from James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller has issued a new catalogue of Autographs and Manuscripts. This is a most diverse collection, save for the common...
Important Works Offered by Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman This may be a bit late for a November Holiday Catalogue from Bauman Rare Books, but as they say, this is...	93 Blake Plates from John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller By Michael Stillman This catalogue is for collectors of William Blake, the 18th-19th century artist-illustrator-engraver-poet whose admirers are among the most passionate known to...
Graphic Design Books from Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Oak Knoll Books is a specialty within their specialty of book arts and books about books. Catalogue...	A Recent List from the Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum of Utrecht issued a Short Title List of works they brought to the recent Salon International de la...
Antiquarian Photographs of the East Indies from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman The latest offering from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books is more a picture catalogue than one of books. In fact, despite...	Rare and Unusual Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their latest edition of Rare Americana -- A Catalogue of Significant and Unusual Imprints...
Listado de Libros from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman As the title of this catalogue suggests, it is intended for those proficient in the Spanish language. That eliminates this reviewer. Generally,...	.