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Auction Prices Inch Forward in 2005 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The prices for rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts inched up a bit higher in 2005, statistics from the Americana Exchange Database of auction records indicated. The year 2005 was an active year, with over 160,000 lots having been offered at book and book-related auctions. The median price for 2005 was $420, an increase of 1.7% from $413 in 2004. See the last paragraph of this article for links to access the complete...

Auction Prices Inch Forward in 2005

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman The prices for rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts inched up a bit higher in 2005, statistics from the Americana Exchange Database of auction records indicated. The year 2005 was an active year, with over 160,000 lots having been offered at book and book-related auctions. The median price for 2005 was $420, an increase of 1.7% from $413 in 2004. See the last paragraph of this article for links to access the complete...


Web Catalogue: Premium Subscription Pt. II - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The printed paper catalogue is perhaps, next to book dealers themselves, the most resilient element in book selling. Of course it's...	Adding Value to Books by Creating a Collection - By Renee Roberts By Renée Magriel Roberts In today's super-competitive, Internet-dominated marketplace, we have seen the value of good, used books, and even some more common rare books...
Swann Americana Sale February 2nd - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney On February 2nd Swann Galleries conducts what is essentially a semi-annual auction of Americana. As was the case last year, the material...	Biblio Announces New Pricing Schedule - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The third largest old book site on the internet recently announced a new pricing schedule for its dealers. No, it is not...
"A" is for Amazon! - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Have you ever known someone who knew what you were thinking so well that they could finish your sentences? That can be...	Clearing Up One Issue - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Internet book listing sites have emerged over the past decade as enormous bazaars where trinkets and gems sit side-by-side and buyers and...
Triple Play in LA - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinneyYou can buy books, manuscripts and ephemera every day in LA but one week every two years the ABAA's west coast book fair...	The Latest Material from Wessel and Lieberman By Michael Stillman This is our first catalogue from Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers of Seattle, Washington. It is their catalogue 37, and since it consists...
A Variety of New Acquisitions from Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books recently issued a catalogue of New Acquisitions from December. This is not material that can be pigeonholed into some...	The Spanish Southwest from Plaza Books By Michael Stillman We have just received our first catalogue from Plaza Books, of Santa Rosa, California. This is List 15, or books about the...
Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman Just released is David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books' latest catalogue of Rare Americana, number 88. This is a typical Lesser collection...	Brazil from the Turtle Island Book Shop By Michael Stillman The Turtle Island Book Shop has issued a catalogue of Recent Acquisitions: Brazil. For anyone who collects Braziliana or Brasiliana (are those...
The Americas from Helen Kahn Rare Books By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn and Associates Rare Books have issued their 68th catalogue of The Americas. This one is spectacular. It is filled with...	New Jerseyana from Joseph Felcone Antiquarian Bookseller By Michael Stillman How many items of New Jerseyana are there? We have no idea, but can say at least 1,244. That's how many are...
Signed Documents of The South from Joe Rubinfine By Michael Stillman It is a land of contradiction. The South was a leader in America's fight for freedom and liberty during the Revolution. Four...	Books About Books, Bibliography and the Oak Knoll Fest By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books' latest catalogue, number 270, offers a new selection of titles in their areas of specialty, books about books and the...
Bibliography, Bookbinding and Reference from Forest Books By Michael Stillman Just arrived is catalogue number 105 from Forest Books, Books from the Libraries of two Distinguished Booksellers. Those booksellers are Pierre Beres...	Literature, Poetry, Filmscripts and More from William Reese By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued a catalogue of Literature. Included under that heading are poetry and prose, manuscripts, fine printing, filmscripts,...
Books on Bookbinding from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books has issued its 211th catalogue. It is L'Art de Reliure (the Art of Binding), or Bookbinding. This catalogue...	Some Very Old Maps from Martayan Lan By Michael Stillman Martayan Lan's 37th catalogue of Fine Antique Maps and Atlases offers 82 items from the 15th through the 19th centuries. The catalogue...
All Kinds of Books from Between The Covers By Michael Stillman New from Between The Covers Rare Books is an extensive collection of material crossing over many fields. To name a few, you...	.