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AE Monthly

Articles - June 2010 Issue

 
A Case of Good Taste and Bad Timing

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney On May 6th, in London, the map collection of Frank Benevento, of Palm Beach Florida, was sold by Sotheby's. The sale brought British pounds 1.343 million for the 56 items [of 71] that found a buyer. Winning bidders altogether paid about what Frank paid over the past decade. After deducting auction commissions he sustained a loss of 24%. The 15 unsold lots, including several of the best items, amounting...

  
  • Serendipity: Outpost of Civilization

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney Twelve hundred and one University Avenue in Berkeley is both outpost and Mecca for those who love books. This is the store,...

  • The Gold Rush Book Fair, 2010

    - By Karen Wright

    By Karen Wright A couple of years ago, at the pinnacle of the financial downslide, we had a booth at the Gold Rush Book Fair in...

  • Sniping at eBay

    - By Thomas McKinney

    By Tom McKinney This month in Young Blood, I actually did not make any purchases. I did attempt bidding on eBay twice, but have failed to...

  • Google takes on Baskin Robins?

    - By Thomas McKinney

    By Tom McKinney Earlier this month, Google announced Froyo. Yes, you heard it here first! Google is getting into the frozen yogurt industry, but I kid....

  • Newspapers Continue Their Rapid Decent

    - By Michael Stillman

    By Michael Stillman Circulation at America's newspapers took another huge hit during the last quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. According to figures...

  • Twelve New Catalogues Reviewed

    - By Michael Stillman

    This month, AE Monthly reviews 12 new bookseller catalogues. Several catalogues are broad based, varieties and miscellanies rather than topic specific. Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller...

  • Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books

    By Michael Stillman Aleph-Bet Books has issued their Catalogue 94 of Children's Books and Illustrated Books. It is filled with books from your childhood, that of...

  • New Acquisitions at the Arader Galleries

    By Michael Stillman The Arader Galleries has issued a catalogue of Recent Acquisitions May 2010. The Arader Galleries specializes in books, maps and art, with this...

  • Important Antiquarian Books from Peter Harrington

    By Michael Stillman Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller has issued Catalogue 70, a collection of impressive works relating to economics, politics, history, law, medicine, philosophy and science,...

  • The West and More from Clark Rare Books

    By Michael Stillman Clark Rare Books has released Catalog 943 of Americana, The West, and General. The American West is the primary focus of this catalogue,...

  • A Spring Miscellany from Sotheran's

    By Michael Stillman Sotheran's, the two-and-a-half century old bookseller from London, has issued its latest catalogue, Spring Miscellany 2010. A "miscellany," by definition, can contain just...

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