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Auctions: The Perfect Storm - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney A few years ago the book "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger described the confluence of events leading, in his work of fiction, to a storm of gargantuan strength. This fall, in the field of printed works, auctions are experiencing a version of it. Lot volume has been huge and buyers are coming out in record numbers to absorb material as it pours into the marketplace. For the first...

Auctions: The Perfect Storm

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney A few years ago the book "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger described the confluence of events leading, in his work of fiction, to a storm of gargantuan strength. This fall, in the field of printed works, auctions are experiencing a version of it. Lot volume has been huge and buyers are coming out in record numbers to absorb material as it pours into the marketplace. For the first...


An Interview with Terry Belanger of the Rare Book School, Recipient of $500,000 MacArthur Award - By Michael Stillman By Mike Stillman Money talks. When he was awarded one of the $500,000 MacArthur Foundation awards, Terry Belanger's name suddenly was heard by all kinds of...	Freeman's Begins Third Century with Celebration - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The Samuel T. Freeman Company of Philadelphia celebrates its two hundredth anniversary this month with four days of important sales. It is...
Biblio: Number Three Tries Much Harder - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman If Number 2 needs to try harder, what must Number 3 do? This month we posed that question to Biblio, the online...	In Her Angry Path; Hurricane Katrina vs. Bookstores Part One - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, my question was, what, if anything, can we as booksellers - comrades in arms, or perhaps...
Book Marketing Mysteries: Meditations on Book Values and Pricing - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts Pricing books to sell on the Internet remains one of the real mysteries of this business -- a heady mixture of...	Extra, Extra Read All About It!!! - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney You could think the entire field of collectible history is found between the covers of books. You would be wrong but you...
Alibris Bids Amazon Adieu, Adds "Search-by-Seller" - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Alibris recently conceded that the end has come to its reseller relationship with online book and everything else giant Amazon.com. Last month,...	The Pearl is a Gem - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney In building a collection of Hudson Valley [New York] material I've been buying things for years. Along the way I've acquired...
The Civil War Still Rages at Chapel Hill Rare Books By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Chapel Hill Rare Books, of, naturally, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chapel Hill Rare Books specializes...	Intriguing And Unusual Americana From David Lesser By Michael Stillman David M. Lessor Fine Antiquarian Books is offering their 86th catalogue of "Significant and Unusual Imprints Relating to America." Lesser regularly presents...
The American West and Frontier From Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman The Arthur H. Clark Company has issued its Catalogue 922 of material on the American Frontier and West. Generally speaking, if it occurred...	Famous Signatures And Documents From The Raab Collection By Michael Stillman Catalogue number 50 is now available from The Raab Collection. Raab specializes in signed documents and autographs. You won't find any obscure signatures...
Oak Knoll Offers The Inventory Of Questor Rare Books By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has issued its catalogue number 266, but in a way, this is someone else's catalogue. You see, Oak Knoll has...	Travels and Voyages from William Reese 'By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company's 240th catalogue is titled Travels and Voyages. Reese specializes in the very top level of books, manuscripts and...
Gardens and Landscapes from Charles Wood By Michael Stillman We recently received the latest catalogue, number 124, from Charles Wood Antiquarian Booksellers of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wood specializes in buildings and grounds, so...	.