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Announcing The AE Top 500 Prices at Auction for 2007 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman With the close of another year, it is time to look back at the highest priced books and related ephemera at auction last year. We have scoured the results at all of the major auction houses and a great many smaller ones to come up with the AE 500 top prices at auction for 2007. Five items made it into the million-dollar category in 2007, down from seven the previous year. However,...

Announcing The AE Top 500 Prices at Auction for 2007

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman With the close of another year, it is time to look back at the highest priced books and related ephemera at auction last year. We have scoured the results at all of the major auction houses and a great many smaller ones to come up with the AE 500 top prices at auction for 2007. Five items made it into the million-dollar category in 2007, down from seven the previous year. However,...


Newspapers: Sublimate to Survive - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney I have for several months been thinking about the future of newspapers. My family owned weeklies in upstate New York for...	In The News: Magna Carta Sells For $21.3 Million - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It was the sale of this century, a one-item auction at Sotheby's in New York. At sale was one of the earlier...
The Great Homosassa Hassle: or A Trip Through the Wonder World of USPS Insurance Claims Adjustment - By Frank Bequaert By Frank Bequaert My wife Lucia and I run an antiquarian book business in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire. Our shop is a quarter mile...	An Update on Joel Munsell, 19th Century Albany Printer - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney For more than three years, I have been searching the internet for "re-appearances" of books, manuscripts and ephemera printed [and or written]...
AbeBooks Lists Its Top Sellers, Most Expensive Books for 2007 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman AbeBooks has issued its lists of the bestselling books, most expensive books, and various other "top 10 and 25" lists, such...	Sex, Knitting and Helicopters: The BookFinder Top 10 for 2007 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman BookFinder.com has released its list of the top 10 most sought-after old books of 2007. Making the BookFinder list requires a combination...
Second Life: It's Not a Game - By Renee Roberts By Renée Magriel Roberts It's 11 PM and I've finally finished stacking orders for tomorrow, dispensed with all today's correspondence, special-ordered books, finished and uploaded...	A Celebration of Washington, Lincoln and the Presidents - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The February issue of AE Monthly will include the second issue of The Bookseller's Comet. It will include printed material and...
Rowling Book Sells For $4 Million - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman We have come to expect that some books will sell at auction for well beyond their estimates. Sometimes an auction house may...	The Presidential Primaries - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney A hundred and fifty years ago candidates stayed home. Today the voters do and who can blame them. The debates in...
Rare Book Review Awards for 2007 Announced - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Rare Book Review, the magazine of the rare and antiquarian book trade, recently announced the winners of their inaugural Rare Book...	Nineteen Book Catalogues Reviewed in Section Two We begin the new year with 19 book catalogue reviews in Section Two. Dragon Books has issued their first catalogue. The Antiquariaat Forum offers books...
The First From Dragon Books By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Dragon Books of Bel Air (Los Angeles), California. It is their "first complete catalogue,"...	Europe and the Far East from the Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman We recently received a magnificent catalogue from the Antiquariaat Forum of the Netherlands, entitled Europe and the Far East. Normally we do...
Panoramic Photography from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Recently received from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books of London is a most unusual and fascinating new catalogue. When is the last...	Antiquarian Chess Literature from The Book Collector By Michael Stillman This is our first review of a catalogue from The Book Collector of Fort Worth, Texas, and it can certainly be described...
First Editions, History, Science and More from The Manhattan Rare Book Company By Michael Stillman The Manhattan Rare Book Company has issued a remarkable catalogue to open the new year. I have searched in vain for a...	Canadiana from David Ewens Books By Michael Stillman We recently received Catalogue 63 of Canadiana -- North American Travel, from David Ewens Books. As the title suggests, these are primarily...
Legal Cases and the Law from the Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman Recently off the press is Catalogue 53 of Law and Legal History from the Lawbook Exchange. Most items in the catalogue fit...	Thirty-two Rare Books, Prints and Manuscripts from Hordern House By Michael Stillman It is not often we see catalogues that are 8 x 11 1/2 and a quarter of an inch thick. When we...
Printing History and technique from the Veatchs Arts of the Book By Michael Stillman The Veatchs Arts of the Book has issued their Catalogue 59 -- Printing History and Technique. There are 144 items pertaining to...	European Books About Books from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman Recently arrived is Old and Rare Books 2008 from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books of Paris. Knuf is a specialist in the "books...
Latin American and Spanish Works from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman Libreria de Antano of Buenos Aires has issued a catalogue of Recientes Adquisiciones (Recent Acquisitions). As the title implies, this catalogue is...	101 Rare Books from Samuel Gedge Ltd. By Michael Stillman Samuel Gedge Ltd. Has just issued their Catalogue III of rare books. There are a great many London imprints, as befitting a...
A Collection of Modern Literature from Ken Lopez Bookseller By Michael Stillman Just out is the latest catalogue, number 146 of Modern Literature from Ken Lopez Bookseller. Offered are primarily first and prepublication editions...	A Miscellany from Forest Books By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Forest Books of Redmile, Nottinghamshire, England, is their Miscellany Three. A "miscellany" is hard to describe, since it...
Recent and Varied Acquisitions at John Michael Lang Fine Books By Michael Stillman John Michael Lang Fine Books has released a new list of books available, Recent Acquisitions List 24. These are not long lists,...	Many Autographed Documents from David Schulson By Michael Stillman We recently received Catalogue 135 from David Schulson Autographs. Offered are autographs from a diverse group of well-known personalities - artists, musicians,...
Literature (and more) from James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from James Cummins Bookseller is succinctly titled Literature. Perhaps that's a bit too succinct, as while the main focus...	More Works from Film, Literature and History from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman Catalogue 168 from James Pepper Rare Books presents a new collection within their field: Literary First Editions, Mystery and Detective Fiction,...
Literature, Photography, Letters and More from Waverly Books By Michael Stillman Waverly Books has issued its List 151 of books and ephemeral items, 150 in all. Most would fall under the topics of...	.