What exactly makes something an antique, as opposed to a collectible? You'll often find things under both labels in the same stores, and the labels both trade heavily on a combination of nostalgia, ...
Christie’s auction house in September sold a pair of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle books that had been owned by the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts for $63,968 and $226,555, ...
Does a used Porsche seem like a fair trade for a rare 1555 book about medicine by Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius? No? Well, then, maybe you’re not as committed to tomes dedicated to medical ...
When a savvy book dealer bought an atlas that Queen Mary I of England once owned, they weren't expecting to find the first ...
It was something of a coincidence that a rare, 444-year-old book, written in medieval Italian, has found a home in the Elwyn R. Robinson Department of Special Collections at the ...
PROVO — I'm halfway through my interview with Reid Moon, collector of rare and cool artifacts, when he tells me about this game he likes to play when he's talking to groups about his collection of ...
The St. Petersburg Coliseum has been transformed into a massive sanctuary for history buffs and book lovers this weekend.
In San Francisco last month a collection of rare books, valued at $200,000 and owned by John Henry Nash, wealthy California printer, was sold to the University of Oregon for $50,000 to be paid “as and ...