Current Events & Trends | March 25, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Arcana Auction

From the BBC today a preview of the Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, to be sold by Christie's in July: A collection of manuscripts previously owned by kings, bishops and members of the aristocracy is expected to fetch up to £16m when it is sold at auction. Read on.

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Auctions

Matisse's Jazz

French Bibliophile Pierre Brossette's Artists' Books Collection Sold for €6.2M

Abraham Lincoln's Childhood Sum Book Sold for $521,200

Lincoln Rarities, Éluard-Breton Association Copy, Superman #1: Auction Preview

Americana

Handwritten letter from Clyde Barrow to his brother on the back of a photograph of one of the gang's Gulf Coast hideouts

Handwritten Manuscripts Related to Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and Buffalo Bill to Auction

Getty Villa Museum Will Reopen June 27 After Palisades Fire Closure

Major Collection of Lincoln Manuscripts, Letters, and Campaign Ephemera to Auction

Photographs

Al Capone signed photograph

Al Capone Signed Photograph Sells for $62,000

Pioneering Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron at the Morgan

Library of Congress Acquires Major Chicano Movement Photography and Manuscript Collection

Exhibitions

Anonymous, miniature portrait of Jane Austen, 19th century

New Exhibition Celebrating Jane Austen 250th Anniversary at The Morgan

Historic Manuscripts Tell Story of Radical Gardening in New Exhibition

Works by Frédéric Chopin Including Recently Discovered Waltz at the Morgan

Book People

The Nelson manuscripts at Firsts London

Horatio Nelson's Secret Codes and Weather Log at Firsts London

Bright Young Booksellers: Genevieve McNutt

Edward Gorey, Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, and Mark Twain: May Books Roundup

Visual Art

A My Fair Lady Theatre Royal, Drury Lane programme, and souvenir book, 1958; a copy of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady, C. Tinling & Co., Ltd., London, 1964; and a Beaton designed Christmas card

Cecil Beaton Designs for 'Anna Karenina' and Oscar Wilde Plays to Auction

Tolkien Sculpture to be Unveiled Next Month

Medieval Manuscript Codes Deciphered in New Getty Exhibition

Book Arts

LA Art Book Fair and NY Art Book Fair Dates

Bach Manuscript Inspires Bodleian Libraries Concert

New Exhibition of First Editions and Artworks Celebrates Edward Gorey Centenary

Maps

A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi's 'A Complete Map of All Under Heaven'

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Maps of 18th Century Gardens: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Sponsored

reading a book

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Rare Books

Les Abres Nains Japonais

First Book Published in the West about Bonsai: Rare Book of the Week

Complete Set of Theodore de Bry’s 'Voyages' to Auction

Firsts London 2025: Book Fair Report