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Congratulations are in order - By Bruce McKinney The sale of the Eric C. Caren collection: How history unfolds on paper, Part I was held on September 15th at Swann Galleries in New York and the well conceived sale succeeded. Eighty-seven percent of the lots sold and the sale over-all raised $657,108 against its aggregate high estimate of $791,750. In its aftermath Mr. Caren pronounced himself well pleased. An independent and original thinker, he years ago developed a fresh approach to collecting, seeking...

Congratulations are in order

- By Bruce McKinney

The sale of the Eric C. Caren collection: How history unfolds on paper, Part I was held on September 15th at Swann Galleries in New York and the well conceived sale succeeded. Eighty-seven percent of the lots sold and the sale over-all raised $657,108 against its aggregate high estimate of $791,750. In its aftermath Mr. Caren pronounced himself well pleased. An independent and original thinker, he years ago developed a fresh approach to collecting, seeking...


Ephemera: Values and Interest on the Rise - By Susan Halas One of the exceptions to the decline in antiquarian values is the increase in interest, sales and prices for ephemera. Though no two people seem...	Amazon and California Reach Surprising Compromise on Sales Tax - By Michael Stillman A long-running contentious and caustic battle over sales taxes between online retailer Amazon.com and the state of California came to a quick and unexpected resolution...
The Robert Jackson Auction October 18th - By Bruce McKinney On Tuesday October 18th at Bohhams in New York and simulcast to Los Angeles The Robert H. and Donna L. Jackson Collection of 19th Century...	BookFinder Lists The Top 100 Most Sought After Out-of-Print Books - By Michael Stillman BookFinder.com has released its annual report of the top 100 most sought after books on its book metasearch site. As a metasearch site, BookFinder searches...
Book Fairs Upcoming - By Bruce McKinney The recent announcement of the upcoming 21st Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair in the Chelsea section of London, UK is a refreshing reminder that while the...	Auctions in October - By Bruce McKinney Auction Sales will continue to be posted but most are now identified in the October Auction calendar. Forty-six events are scheduled Here is the full...
Making "Orphan Books" Available Digitally - the HathiTrust Inches Forward - By Michael Stillman Copies of so-called "orphan books" will slowly begin to make their way to digital access beginning this month, albeit in a most limited way. "Orphan...	Judge Postpones Google Books Trial to July 2012 – But Settlement Could Come Sooner - By Michael Stillman The oft delayed Google Books trial has been put off again – this time until July of 2012. However, parties to the suit are hopeful...
A Fish Story: 1906 - By Bruce McKinney Diminutive size has its advantages or had its advantages, when the smaller than small town of Eddyville in Ulster County, New York in the shadow...	Major Outdoor Sports and Angling Collection Donated to Washington State University Library - By Michael Stillman A major gift of sporting books was recently made to the department of Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections at the library of Washington State University....
Blind Justice Was Not Always Just – An Exhibition at the Yale Law Library - By Michael Stillman Blind justice is the focus of an exhibition taking place at the Yale University Law Library from now through December 16, 2011. The exhibition is...	Eleven New Catalogues Reviewed - By Michael Stillman This month we review eleven new catalogues in Section II. Bestebreurtje Rare Books and the Antiquariaat Forum are focused on travel books. The Raab Collection...
New Acquisitions at Peter Harrington - By Michael Stillman The bookselling firm of Peter Harrington has published their Catalogue 78. The common thread among items in this catalogue is not topic nor even that...	Travel Books from Bestebreurtje Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued List 48: New Acquisitions. One Hundred Interesting and Rare Books on Travel. Actually there is a bonus here...
Travel and Related Works from the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books - By Michael Stillman We recently received the Summer List 2011 from the combined collections of the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books of the Netherlands. The descriptive subtitle...	America's Past through its Signed Documents from Joe Rubinfine - By Michael Stillman Recently arriving here was List 168 from Joe Rubinfine American Historical Autographs. This catalogue offers a selection of (naturally) one-of-a-kind documents from America's past, primarily...
Important Signed Documents from the Raab Collection - By Michael Stillman The Raab Collection has issued Catalog 68 of important signed documents. Most emanate from America, although there are a few of European origin. They all...	Yeoman's In The Fork's Second Catalogue Offers a Variety of Material - By Michael Stillman Yeoman's in the Fork, the Tennessee based bookseller, has just released their Catalog Two. This follows up, quite naturally, their first catalogue, released earlier this...
Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books - By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their 120th catalogue of Rare Americana. What Lesser offers is primarily ephemeral type publications - pamphlets and...	Uncommon and Unusual Items from Simon Beattie - By Michael Stillman Simon Beattie Rare Books, Manuscripts, Music, Ephemera has published Short List 4, the fourth in his series of long short catalogues. These are the largest...
Children's and Illustrated Books from Aleph-Bet - By Michael Stillman Aleph-Bet Books has issued its Catalogue 98 of Children's Books and Illustrated Books. These works are primarily both, children's and illustrated books, and though 600...	Evidence from the William Reese Company - By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued their Bulletin 22. Evidence. That title derives from the nature of the material offered. It provides written or pictorial...
Antiquarian Catalogues from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Here we have a new catalogue that is certainly atypical for the genre. It wouldn't quite qualify for status as a miniature book, but it...	.