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AE Monthly

Articles - December 2007 Issue

 
What we can learn about value from history

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney In the spring of 1944 the New York Historical Society consigned to Parke-Bernet 236 lots described as Rare Americana [Unstamped Duplicates]. The name, notwithstanding, not everything was rare. We know this by having recently conducted an item by item comparison of material offered in this auction to listings available on Abe. Why Abe? Their holdings are enormous and their advanced search effective for efficiently unearthing appropriate...

  
  • An Exceptional Auction December 3rd

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney On December 3rd, in New York, Christie's pays homage to the changing logic of the books, manuscripts and ephemera auction field with...

  • The Antiquariaat Forum in Boston

    By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum recently printed a Short Title List for its participation at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. The Dutch bookseller includes...

  • Americana from Michael Brown Rare Books

    By Michael Stillman From Michael Brown Rare Books of Philadelphia comes their Catalog 45 of Americana. This latest collection offers 171 items, ranging from...

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