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06/26/2024

Recently purchased,

05/12/2024

https://dirtysexyhistory.com/2016/09/01/monsters-are-real-hieronymus-bosch-and-the-medieval-mind/

Hieronymus Bosch, born Jeroen Anthonizoon van Aken, was born around 1450 in the market town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch in Brabant in the Netherlands. Very little is known about the man himself outside of …

05/12/2024

Recently acquired, two vintage photos from 1899 and 1903 basketball teams. Unfortunately there is no information about which teams they might be. Any suggestion about which teams the are would be greatly appreciated.

01/01/2024

The top 10 prices for 2023 book and Collectible Paper items.

10. Batman #1 from 1940. The first issue of Batman's comic in unusually good condition. $1,110,000.



9. Freddie Mercury's autograph manuscript of the lyrics for Bohemian Rhapsody. $1,722,168.



8. Detective Comics #27 (1939). The first appearance of Batman. $1,740,000.



7. Ydea Topografica de los altos del Missisipi y del Missouri. A 1795 pen and ink map of the upper Missouri and Mississippi rivers from a Spanish expedition, noting English encroachments on the land. $1,744,000.



6. 1916 Sporting News 1916 Babe Ruth rookie baseball card. $1,770,000.



5. 18 Cantos by Barnett Newman. Complete set of lithographs by the not all that well-known artist. Particularly appealing if you like vertical lines. $2,107,000.



4. The Declaration of Independence. Don't even ask the date of this (if you're an American, anyway). This is a very early Massachusetts printing, apparently July 16 or slightly earlier. $2,895,000.



3. Epistola Christofori Colom, a Columbus letter, printed by Stephan Plannck in 1493. $3,922,000.



2. A 1954 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card. Mick would have been amazed that he beat out Columbus and the Declaration of Independence. I'm not sure whether he would have been proud or appalled. $4,500,000.



1. Codex Sassoon. The earliest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament to Christians), created circa 900 in Israel or nearby. $38,126,000.



The entire Top 500 may be found at this link: www.rarebookhub.com/top500_auctions?year=2023

The top 10 prices for 2023 book and Collectible Paper items.

Your source for everything about book collecting: rare & antiquarian books, book auctions, booksellers & collectors magazine, bibliography & more.

12/21/2023

https://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/

I have a hard time getting rid of books, and if you’re reading this space, you probably do too. As Summer Brennan put it, “what kind of degenerate only wants to own 30 books (or fewer) …

09/11/2021

Recently acquired. R. Crumb signed and numbered (2 of 7) limited edition print created in 1992.

08/19/2021

Newly added. Two books by Bert Stern.

06/11/2021

Newly acquired 10 volume set of the Works of Edgar Allen Poe, published in 1893.

06/11/2021

Recently acquired signed photo. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

05/23/2020

https://www.biblio.com/blog/2010/11/can-you-identify-a-book-club-edition/?utm_source=Biblio+Complete+List&utm_campaign=ac0b2d866e-2020-05-22+US+content+-+book+club+editions&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c63007520b-ac0b2d866e-50582797&goal=0_c63007520b-ac0b2d866e-50582797&mc_cid=ac0b2d866e&mc_eid=117ff17c26 #

How you can tell the difference between a first edition, first printing, and a book club edition of a collectible book - and why it matters!

02/25/2020

Two firsts signed by William Gibson.