A very busy auction schedule this week, with eight sales of note to keep an eye on.
Jeremy Dibbell
Not quite as many sales this week as things gear up for Rare Book Week New York, but I'll have my eyes on a trio of very different auctions:
This week's big auction day is Wednesday, Valentine's Day, which sees a quartet of sales:
On Wednesday, February 7, Bonhams London hosts a Travel & Exploration sale, in 149 lots.
Before we look ahead to this week's sales, a quick update on the volume from George Washington'
Forum Auctions in London holds a sale of Fine Books and Works on Paper on Thursday, January
Freeman's auction house in Philadelphia hosts a sale of Books, Maps & Manuscripts on Wednesday, January 17, in 345 lots.
A fairly quiet auction week coming up, but here are some of the things I'll be keeping an eye on:
Arthur Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictiva: A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating to Literary Forgery, 400 BC-AD 2000. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014.