World record price paid for books BBC NEWS | England Saturday, 27 May 2006 “First editions of works by novelist Virginia Woolf were put up for sale by an anonymous owner from Suffolk. The copies of The Years and Three Guineas were both signed by the author. They...
Huntington’s Old-Tech Windfall Los Angeles Times By Amanda Covarrubias, Times Staff Writer May 2, 2006 “Louis Pasteur’s books and works by Isaac Newton are among rare volumes donated to the San Marino library. A collection of rare books and reference...
Bookfinder.com Lists Top 10 Out–of–Print Books for 2005 December 20, 2005 By Kimberly Maul “Bookfinder.com, a website that facilitates searches for and purchases of used, rare and out-of-print books, has announced its list of the top ten most-sought-after...
Irish Examiner >Library handed ‘rare’ Dracula books www.irishexaminer.com 09/04/2006 “A rare collection of Dracula-related books is to be handed over to Dublin City Library, it emerged today. It includes copies of books on vampires and Transylvanian...
Becoming a collector Lexington Herald-Leader 04/08/2006 “Determining value: An old book is not necessarily a financially valuable book. Classics of literature are good bets to collect, but other older works of fiction won’t necessarily have a broad appeal...
Don’t go into book collecting hastily The care and handling of collectible books deserves attention, particularly for beginning hobbyists. KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS March 26, 2006 “Collecting books can be an educational and satisfying hobby. But it can also...
Rare Copy of Shakespeare Folio on Auction Yahoo! News By DEREK KRAVITZ, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 30, 2006 “LONDON – A rare complete copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays will go on sale in London on July 13, Sotheby’s auction...
‘Missing link’ science manuscript for sale 28/03/2006 ABC News Online “A manuscript charting the birth of modern science, lost for more than 200 years, goes on sale this week. The journal of Dr Robert Hooke has been hailed as ‘science’s...
Scoop from Diamond Galleries reports on the following auction from Heritage: Heritage Americana Clears $2.6 Million Auctions/Prices Scoop Friday, February 24, 2006 “Highlighted by lots from the Henry E. Luhrs Collection, The Heritage Signature Auction of Books,...
‘Tosh’ it may be, but this old book is now worth 100,000 pounds Telegraph | News | By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent (Filed: 19/01/2006) “James Joyce’s Ulysses has baffled readers for a century with its dense prose, obscure puns and...