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Current Events & Trends | May 24, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Rare Coin & Stamp Make News

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A 1794 silver dollar sells for a record-breaking $7.85 million, and the "world's most valuable stamp" also changes hands for an undisclosed amount. Read the report in yesterday's New York Times. 

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Photographs

May 1956, Ernest Hemingway and a 730lb Marlin
Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' Location Photos to Auction
'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club
Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601
Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors
New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London
Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Book People

Dickens Hallowe'en promotional image
Hallowe'en and Christmas Events at the Charles Dickens Museum
Bookseller Sky Duthie on Younger Book Collectors and Book-Adjacent Objects
History of Bookselling, Selling the Bible, and A Librarian’s Memoir: September Books Roundup

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On the Origin of Species
First Edition of “On the Origin of Species” Features at Ripley
1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions
Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Visual Art

Neal Adams’ original pen-and-ink art for the cover of World's Finest #209 (DC Comics, Feb 1972)
Lawrence Klein Comic Books and Comic Book Art to Auction
Rare Iron Man, Captain America, and Batman Comic Art to Auction
Eric Carle's Modern Art Inspirations Featured in New Display

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Cat-Themed Books by Poe, Colette, and Warhol to Auction
Fine Literature - with Mysteries & Sci-fi - Queer & Erotica - The Counterculture
Rare & Antiquarian with Early Printed Books

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025
Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details
Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'
New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Americana

Captain Robert A. Lewis’s mission-used flight logbook from the Enola Gay
Enola Gay’s Hiroshima Logbook and Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Lyrics Lead RR Auction Sale
Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's
George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

Exhibitions

Moominpappa at Sea cover sketch by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson's Illustrations Focus of New Exhibition
Details of First U.S. Exhibition Devoted to Medieval Blockbooks
History and Legacy of Irish Literature Focus of New Exhibition

Rare Books

Vita Sackville-West’s autograph draft of A Note of Explanation, 1922
Newly-Identified Vita Sackville-West Manuscript for Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Leads Bloomsbury Catalogue
Thomas Jefferson Letter on Avoiding Wars and Debt at Raab
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens Next Week in Los Angeles
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