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Dorothy Sloan Auction No. 23: an important sale - By Bruce McKinney The Dorothy Sloan Auction No. 23 of Americana approaches. The sale will be on April 4th and 5th, 2013. These sales, one or so a year, are prepared with a care most associated with the skeptic. Auctions are resurrections, the always-uncertain process of reconfirmation. Fates will be decided in the rooms but this does not mean that the lawyerly Ms. Sloan will leave any information about the lots in the docket unstated. She always makes...

Dorothy Sloan Auction No. 23: an important sale

- By Bruce McKinney

The Dorothy Sloan Auction No. 23 of Americana approaches. The sale will be on April 4th and 5th, 2013. These sales, one or so a year, are prepared with a care most associated with the skeptic. Auctions are resurrections, the always-uncertain process of reconfirmation. Fates will be decided in the rooms but this does not mean that the lawyerly Ms. Sloan will leave any information about the lots in the docket unstated. She always makes...


Booksellers Win Right to Resell Secondhand Books in U.S. Supreme Court Decision - By Michael Stillman In a major case that pitted used book sellers, libraries, museums and other retailers against book publishers, the U.S. Supreme Court came down squarely on...	The Book War at the French Auction House Drouot - By Thibault Ehrengardt Things change, so does the French auction house Drouot. The walls of the common parts have been repainted in white, and a gorgeous modern staircase...
The Market versus the Book - By Thomas McKinney The weekly auction update is our effort to separate the long-term history of books [and manuscripts, maps and ephemera] from the ever-changing immediate market for...	To Co-Op or Not to Co-Op - By Karen Wright Our little “Open by Appointment” bookstore is perched at 6200 feet in the Northern Nevada Mountains in Virginia City. But, if it weren’t for my...
April in New York - By Bruce McKinney 53rd ABAA NY Fair On Thursday April 11th, as they have for more than 50 years, members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association and the International League...	The “Finest Mormon Collection in Private Hands” Offered by Michael Vinson Americana - By Michael Stillman Michael Vinson Americana has acquired the core of what Peter Crawley, author of Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, called “the finest and most important...
The 1913 Armory Show Revisited – The New Spirit - By Susan Halas 100th Anniversary of Landmark 20th Century Exhibit Many special events & on-line sites join in celebration The Armory Show, even 100 years later the name alone conjures...	So many items, so little time - By Bruce McKinney The Roy Davids sale of Poetical Manuscripts & Portraits of Poets [A-K] at Bonhams in London on April 10th will test the mettle and self-confidence...
Change as Opportunity - By Bruce McKinney Forty years ago Victor Grace and his wife Jackie lived in New Jersey where they built a career and a life around the search for...	Freeman's Auctioneers, April 4th, 5th and 17th - By Bruce McKinney Freeman’s Auctioneers & Appraisers in Philadelphia is holding three sales in April that warrant attention: Rare Books and Manuscripts on the 4th, Posters, Maps and...
Timothy Hughes Rare and Early Newspapers Launches Their New Website - By Michael Stillman Timothy Hughes Rare and Early Newspapers recently launched a new website. If you like old newspapers, and I will admit to this being a passion...	Someone Very Rich Still Believes in Newspapers - By Michael Stillman Do you still believe in newspapers? Many have written them off, consigned them to virtual extinction over the next decade or so. However, one person...
Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions Acquired by the Noble Investment [UK] PLC Group - By Bruce McKinney These are days when the future of bookselling is a bit clouded and the coin and fabric of the field seemingly subject to relentless retesting. ...	Barnes & Noble: Yesterday's Goliath Struggles to Survive - By Michael Stillman If the typical, private bookseller is finding these to be complicated times for retail, then perhaps they can sympathize with their dreaded competitor from the...
Auctions in April - By Bruce McKinney This April, as of March 28th, 99 sales with more than 25,000 lots are scheduled. Dates occasionally change, others are added and a few delayed...	Attention Appraisers: ASA Hosts Conference on Trusts and Estates - By Michael Stillman The American Society of Appraisers will be hosting a conference on the role of appraisers in trusts and estates from May 1-3 in Arlington, Virginia...
17 New Bookseller Catalogues Reviewed - By Michael Stillman For April, we received 17 new catalogues to review. No fooling! The William Reese Company has reached a milestone – their 300th catalogue. It features...	The 300th Catalogue from Americana Dealer William Reese Co. - By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has reached a major milestone in the antiquarian book field – the printing of their 300th catalogue. That is as rare...
Important Maps and Related Items from Daniel Crouch Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Daniel Crouch Rare Books has issued their Catalogue V (as in 5), a spectacular, half-inch thick compilation containing just five-times-five items. These are 25 very...	A Diamond Jubilee Catalogue from the Raab Collection - By Michael Stillman The Raab Collection has issued Catalog 75 Our Diamond Jubilee. The Diamond Jubilee, naturally enough, refers to the catalogue number, as while the Raabs are...
Rare Americana From Between Two Wars from David Lesser Antiquarian Books - By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their catalogue No. 129 Rare Americana. Lesser describes these as “my latest and most interesting acquisitions.” There...	Outlaws and Lawmen from Kenston Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Kenston Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Outlaws & Lawmen. Kenston is a specialist on Texas and the American West, the Old West to...
85 Antiquarian Books from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Bruce McKittrick Rare Books has published a catalogue of Eighty-Five Books. That describes the quantity, so we will have to add a note about the...	Artistic Books and Important Literature from Thomas Goldwasser Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books has released their Catalogue Twenty-Five. It comes with no title beyond that number, but we will try to sum up...
New Arrivals from Between The Covers Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Between The Covers Rare Books has issued Catalog 181 New Arrivals. New Arrivals is as good a name as one could ask for this catalogue....	Bibliographies from Forest Books - By Michael Stillman Forest Books has issued their Catalogue 112 Bibliography & Reference. It is filled with almost 700 primarily bibliographical titles. They cover innumerable authors and subjects....
British and American Private Press Works from Sophie Schneideman Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Sophie Schneideman Rare Books has issued a third volume in the ongoing series of The Hanson Collection of British and American Private Press Books. This...	The Civil War – Part III of the George S. MacManus Co. Series - By Michael Stillman This month we have received the latest installment of the Civil War series from the George S. MacManus Company. This is actually a continuation of...
Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera from The Lawbook Exchange - By Michael Stillman The Lawbook Exchange has issued Catalogue 73. Recently Acquired Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. This one covers seven centuries of the law. Printed works range from...	Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Works from Antiquates Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Antiquates Fine & Rare Books recently issued their List B: Antiquarian Books, 16th & 17th Centuries. Antiquates is a British bookseller, which likewise is the...
Fine Illustrated Books from Shapero Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Shapero Rare Books has released a catalogue of Fine Illustrated Books 2013. The catalogue is from 2013, but the illustrated books are mostly much older....	The C.E.S. Wood and Sara Bard Field Collection from Back of Beyond Books - By Michael Stillman Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a very unusual individual – an Indian fighter whose radical politics would make him a great supporter of their cause....
Works from Both Americas and More from Kaaterskill Books - By Michael Stillman Kaaterskill Books prepared a List for the 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair. We were a bit late receiving this, but these books were very...	Japan Is the Subject for Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued a new catalogue with the simple title, Japan. It covers works relating to the earliest European visits to...