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Baltimore Book Company calls it a day - By Bruce McKinney As one door opens another closes. Chris Bready the cataloguer-book auctioneer of Towson, Maryland, one of the last of the old-style book auctioneers, conducted his final sale of Baltimore Book Auctions on January 17th. He professes no regrets. “I’ve had a very good time.” He began his career in 1980 writing descriptions for Harris and in 1989 organized Baltimore Book Company to sell books at auction. From the outset he was and always remained a maverick. ...

Baltimore Book Company calls it a day

- By Bruce McKinney

As one door opens another closes. Chris Bready the cataloguer-book auctioneer of Towson, Maryland, one of the last of the old-style book auctioneers, conducted his final sale of Baltimore Book Auctions on January 17th. He professes no regrets. “I’ve had a very good time.” He began his career in 1980 writing descriptions for Harris and in 1989 organized Baltimore Book Company to sell books at auction. From the outset he was and always remained a maverick. ...


Book Prices Declined in 2012... Maybe - By Michael Stillman All else being equal... This month we look back at 2012 at auction for our annual state of the book trade review. This is not because...	46th California Book Fair February 15-17, 2013 - By Bruce McKinney The pendulum of the Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association of America is swinging in its northern arc, reaching its invisible apex directly above the Concourse Convention Center...
Canadian Police Seek Help Identifying Owners of Huge Trove of Stolen Artifacts - By Michael Stillman The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are looking for help in locating the owners of over 1,000 stolen artifacts, ranging from books, documents, manuscripts, drawings, photographs,...	TomFolio.com Book Dealer Co-op Now in its 13th Year - An Uphill Struggle to Make it Work - By Susan Halas TomFolio.com may not be the best known name in the world of bookselling databases, but it is one of the most innovative and unusual. Founded...
PBA: New Ownership - By Bruce McKinney On January 1st Sharon Gee acquired PBA Galleries in San Francisco. PBA has a long history of service to the book, manuscript, map and ephemera...	Blacksparrow Auctions: their first sale - By Bruce McKinney Fong Sam of Los Angeles has organized Blacksparrow Auctions to sell collectibles within the categories of pop culture, posters, entertainment memorabilia, 20th century, contemporary and...
AbeBooks Announces Most Expensive Book Sales for 2012 - By Michael Stillman AbeBooks recently released their list of the top prices paid on their site in 2012. AbeBooks is the largest of the old and used book...	Cartouche & the Peddler’s Books - By Thibault Ehrengardt The other day, passing in front of a bookshop in Paris, I noticed a lovely little book in the window. Beside a lot of gorgeous...
Preserving Works on Paper – A Pennsylvania Organization Offers a Contest - By Michael Stillman A contest to promote the preservation of historic works on paper and other artifacts has begun in the state of Pennsylvania. This story may be...	Bonhams names Matthew Haley as Head of Books, Maps and Manuscripts in London - By Bruce McKinney In late December Bonhams announced that Matthew Haley, who for the past four years has worked as a specialist in New York, has been appointed...
A New Catalogue/Bibliography of the Christmas Cards of Tasha Tudor - By Michael Stillman Tasha Tudor is one of a select group of twentieth century children's authors and illustrators, like Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak, to achieve widespread familiarity...	Auctions in February - By Bruce McKinney This year, as we head into February 63 events are scheduled. Fri. Feb. 1st Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Prints [1086]. 130 lots ...
Printed Books Still the Most Popular, but E-Books Are Gaining Rapidly - By Michael Stillman There is good news and bad news for those who believe that traditional print is the best form for reading books. A recent report from...	Seven New Catalogues Up for Review - By Michael Stillman This month we review seven new bookseller catalogues. The William Reese Company offers a selection of Western Americana. Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books presents material...
Electronic Catalogues: The Future Arrives - By Bruce McKinney This past year saw a remarkable shift to electronic catalogues as the field of collectible books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera continued to migrate from the...	Legal and Law Related Works, Some Serious, Others Not So Much - By Michael Stillman The Lawbook Exchange has issued their Catalogue 72. Recently Acquired Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. It covers much ground related to the law, from learned legal...
Miscellaneous Antiquarian Works from Antiquates Fine and Rare Books - By Michael Stillman This month we received our first catalogue from Antiquates Fine and Rare Books, a bookseller located in Corfe Castle, County of Dorset, in the U.K....	New Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books - By Michael Stillman Aleph-Bet Books has issued Catalogue 103 of Children's & Illustrated Books. Around 99% of what is offered qualify as both. Two hundred years worth of...
Travel Manuscripts and Photography from Voyager Press - By Michael Stillman Voyager Press Rare Books and Manuscripts has issued a catalogue of Travel Manuscripts with Travel Photography. This, quite naturally, is filled with one-of-a-kind material. These...	Western Americana from the William Reese Company - By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has published their 299th catalogue, Western Americana. Reese describes the theme of this catalogue as “the exploration, settlement, and development of...
The Dutch East Indies from Bestebreurtje Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has released their List 59: The Dutch Overseas. The Area Covered by the Charter of the Dutch East India Company...	Joe Rubinfine Offers Signed Documents from America's Greatest Leaders - By Michael Stillman Joe Rubinefine has released his List 172 of American Historical Documents. It features many of America's most important leaders, political and military in particular, from...