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The Earliest French Erotica
A titillating section in our March 8 auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books contains two s…
Erik Nitsche’s Modernist Vision
One of many highlights in our March 1 sale of Vintage Posters is a run of posters designed by Erik Nitsche in a seri…
Gail Chisholm: A Life in Posters
Nearly a quarter of our March 1 auction of Vintage Posters was devoted to highlights from the collection of renowned…
Photographer Lewis Hine & The Invention of the Photo Story
Daile Kaplan Reflects on Lewis Hine’s Legacy Lewis Wickes Hine was one of the most important social documentar…
Vintage Posters 101
So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What next? Here are some of the most important things to consi…
What Sets A Chart Apart?
We asked specialist Caleb Kiffer to reminisce about some of the most interesting and important charts we’ve ha…
Bertha Trujillo: Matadora in Photographs
On May 30, 1968, Bertha Trujillo became the first woman awarded a doctorate of matadorship, the highest technical le…
The Top Five Fahrenheit 451s
According to our Literature specialist John D. Larson, there are five first editions of Fahrenheit 451 of interest t…
2017: Year in Review
In our diamond anniversary year, we offered a star-studded roster of 30 auctions, setting nearly 100 records and int…
Records & Results: Illustration Art
The grand finale of our 2017 roster was a successful auction of Illustration Art on December 14. Highlights of the s…
Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Maps were so plentiful at our December 5 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books that…
Ingeborg Willy & the Making of Snow White
A scrapbook, presumably kept by an inker at Walt Disney Studios, reveals much about the production of Snow White. Th…