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Articles - April 2010 Issue


The Buoys of Summer - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney We are going to learn a great deal over the next few months about the tone and direction of the increasingly separate iconic and traditional rare book, manuscript and ephemera markets. They have been moving in diverging for some time. Great examples of rare and unique items have been selling for substantial prices while no less rare but less known and less coveted material has gone unsold or brought lower than...

The Buoys of Summer

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney We are going to learn a great deal over the next few months about the tone and direction of the increasingly separate iconic and traditional rare book, manuscript and ephemera markets. They have been moving in diverging for some time. Great examples of rare and unique items have been selling for substantial prices while no less rare but less known and less coveted material has gone unsold or brought lower than...


New York State Considers (Weakened) Auction Regulations - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A significant piece of legislation designed to regulate auctions is working its way through the New York State legislature. While what happens in...	Exit Strategies - Getting Out (A Bad News - Good News Story) - By Susan Halas By Susan Halas As book values slide and taste changes, boomers age, and new technologies play an ever larger role in the book trade - dealers...
Key Players in the Attention Age - By Thomas McKinney By Tom McKinney The Internet contains all sorts of mechanisms that allow collectors and book dealers to find each other, and enrichen their book-related worlds. Facebook...	Frederick Copley: the passing glance - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Frederick Copley, water colorist [1828-1905] Note: I acquired a portfolio of his watercolors and sketches in February,2010. Many examples are now accessible...
Library of Chicago Man Who Imported Stolen and Illegal Works Sold - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The library of a bizarrely, and not always legally, acquired collection of books, ephemera and art was sold at Leslie Hindman's Auction in...	To Galveston and Beyond - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright Our latest trip to the southern regions of the U.S. was prompted by an urge to eat boudin and hear some Cajun music....
The New Reality for Book Fairs? - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Book Fairs are important but have for years been losing ground to the internet and an aging audience. An option for revitalizing...	The Other Kind of Collecting - By Thomas McKinney By Tom McKinney Last month, I wrote a bit about the development of a thing called the Attention Age, an offshoot of the greater Information Era....
In The News: Naked Theft at the Library; A Large Book Collection Preserved - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A 52-year-old Michigan man has been arrested in one of the more unusual cases of library book theft in recent memory. Ypsilanti police...	Colorado Book Seminar Scheduled; Display of Forgeries at the Rosenbach - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The 32nd annual Antiquarian Book Seminar is scheduled for August 8-13, 2010, at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. This seminar carries a reputation...
Thirteen Catalogues Reviewed This Month This month we review 13 new catalogues from booksellers. Western Americana is the feature of catalogues from Back of Beyond Books and Gene Baade, Bookseller....	Outstanding Items from Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller of London. For Harrington, this is Catalogue 69. Peter Harrington needs...
David Lesser Offers Americana for the New York Book Fair By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their 113th catalogue of Rare Americana. This one includes some books to be displayed at...	Leaf Books from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller By Michael Stillman We have received our first catalogue from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc., of Santa Monica, California. However, Karmiole is hardly a newcomer to the...
Voyages, Americana, Atlases, Science and More from Les Trois Islets By Michael Stillman We recently received the fifth catalogue from French bookseller Les Trois Islets. The rare book seller is located in the town of Saint-Briac...	Books of Western Americana and More from Back of Beyond Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman We have received Rare Book Catalogue #1 from Moab, Utah, bookseller Back of Beyond Books. Located in lightly populated southeastern Utah, a place...
Signed American Documents from The Raab Collection By Michael Stillman The Raab Collection has published their Catalog 63 of signed material. Most of the items are handwritten manuscripts, particularly the older material, though...	The Age of Jackson from the William Reese Co. By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued its 275th catalogue - The Age of Jackson. This does not refer to the age that ended...
Book Arts, Printing, Hoaxes and More from The Veatchs Arts of the Book By Michael Stillman The Veatchs Arts of the Book has released a new catalogue, Catalogue 65. This issue features Book Arts, Fine Printing, The Fortsas Hoax,...	Important Works from the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books, both of the Netherlands, have teamed up to create a catalogue of truly spectacular works. The...
Maritime Collectibles from Ten Pound Island Book Co. By Michael Stillman The Ten Pound Island Book Company has issued its Maritime List 188 Recent Acquisitions. The books, manuscripts and ephemeral items in this catalogue...	The West and More from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade has issued Catalogue 310 of Books on the West. Baade notes that this catalogue contains some items beyond "cowboys and...
A History of Ideas from Sotheran's By Michael Stillman Henry Sotheran Ltd., or Sotheran's, the venerable London bookseller, has issued a new catalogue of the History of Ideas. The catalogue is filled...	More Literary and Film-Related Items from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued Catalogue 191. It offers books and ephemera in the fields of film, literature, and mystery, with an...