My interests are book collecting as a hobby, vocation, and/or disorder of mind. I'll be writing about books I love/collect, new, old, banned, illustrated, rare, libraries, books as art and artifact, and anything else related to books. I am expanding my focus to include galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMS) as I earned a Master's Degree in Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University August 2020. "Books and reality and art are all the same kind of thing to me." V. Van Gogh
Friday, October 15, 2010
Upcoming Book Acutions Fall 2010
From the Wall Street Journal this morning, a quick take on upcoming books auctions. If the WSJ pays attention there must be money in those old books! And if anyone is feeling generous, today, I'd love the either of these, noted in the article. "Mary Shelley provides gothic horror with a three-volume, first edition of her "Frankenstein" (1818). This tale is considered the first work of science fiction in English literature (estimate: £60,000-£80,000). In this genre is also a first edition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897), the world's most famous vampire story, (estimate: £8,000-£12,000)."
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