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On the 97th anniversary of his birth, Christie’s Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector,…
Australia’s longest-running and most popular book exhibition, World of the Book, is celebrating its…
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Dating to the Late Byzantine period and approximately 1,500 years old, Sotheby’s will auction the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments next month with an estimate of $1-$2m.It is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era (ca. 300-800 CE) and…
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Friends of the Nations’ Libraries is leading a campaign to raise £90,000 to buy a 13th century Bible illuminated by the famed Sarum Master and to donate it to Salisbury Cathedral, returning it home after nearly eight centuries. 
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Christie’s' Classic Week Valuable Books and Manuscripts December 11 live auction in London will feature an important collection of music manuscripts from Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Verdi, Puccini, Ravel, Strauss, Mendelssohn and Debussy. 
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Photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) is the subject of a major retrospective at the MOP Foundation opening later this month.
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The lineup of the British Library's major exhibitions next year includes an exploration of the transformative, enriching and radical power of gardening in Britain, as well as the relationship between mapping and secrecy in a global context between the 9th and 21st centuries.
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The New York Public Library has reopened its newly renovated 125th Street branch which has been closed since 2021 as part of a major capital investment through the Library’s Carnegie Renovation Program, primarily funded by the city of New York.
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A range of items from MGM's movie The Wizard of Oz including scripts, contracts, and memorabilia including the ruby slippers will go under the hammer in Heritage Auction's December 7 Hollywood/Entertainment auction.
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A new exhibition on view at The Grolier Club next month will be part conceptual art installation and part bibliophilic entertainment, featuring a collection of books that do not really exist. On view from December 5 through February 15, 2025, Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive…
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A rare original pen and ink drawing of Babar in a presentation copy of Le Voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff is among the highlights of Bonhams’ Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on November 20 in London.
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The Gordon Lightfoot Estate Collection Music Memorabilia sale held by Heritage Auctions on November 17 will celebrate the legacy of the popular Canadian singer-songwriter who died last year.