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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Opens as World's Largest Illustration Centre

alex — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:41:07 +0000

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Opens as World's Largest Illustration Centre

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens today in London as the world’s largest space dedicated to illustration with a range of free displays.

alex Fri, 06/05/2026 - 07:41

Archive Surrounding Controversial Fort Worth Painting Goes on Show

alex — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:35:09 +0000

Archive Surrounding Controversial Fort Worth Painting Goes on Show

Highlights of New York City Circa 1960: Works From the Collection of Robert A.

alex Fri, 06/05/2026 - 04:35

Lincoln Assassination Night Tickets to Ford's Theatre at Ongoing Jim Irsay Auction Series

alex — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:29:30 +0000

Lincoln Assassination Night Tickets to Ford's Theatre at Ongoing Jim Irsay Auction Series

Christie’s will run the last offering in its The Jim Irsay Collection: Icons of History auction series next month with a final group of objects from the personal collection of the late philanthropist and owner of the Indianapolis Colts.

alex Thu, 06/04/2026 - 05:29

Montgomery Secret Battle Orders, Churchill–de Gaulle Letters, and WWII Surrender Pen to Auction

alex — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:54:18 +0000

Montgomery Secret Battle Orders, Churchill–de Gaulle Letters, and WWII Surrender Pen to Auction

Leading RR Auction’s upcoming Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is an extensive archive of top-secret operational battle directives issued by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during the Allied liberation of Europe between May 1944 and June 1945.

alex Thu, 06/04/2026 - 04:54

America250 Time Capsule to Contain Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Draft and Francis Scott Key’s National Anthem Lyrics

alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:09:32 +0000

America250 Time Capsule to Contain Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Draft and Francis Scott Key’s National Anthem Lyrics

As part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations the Library of Congress is adding key historic texts to the America250 Time Capsule

alex Wed, 06/03/2026 - 06:09

Ayn Rand, Lenin, and Tolkien Autographed Works to Auction

alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:13:24 +0000

Ayn Rand, Lenin, and Tolkien Autographed Works to Auction

A signed leaf page by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand from Atlas Shrugged, a limited edition first offprint of Nature signed by DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick, and a 1919 document written and signed at the Kremlin

alex Wed, 06/03/2026 - 05:13

Rare Harry Potter Paperback Sets New World Record at Auction

alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:52:51 +0000

Rare Harry Potter Paperback Sets New World Record at Auction

A pristine first edition paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has set a new world record selling for £17,000 at Rare Book Auctions.

alex Tue, 06/02/2026 - 04:52

Doc Savage and Weird Tales Lead Major Pulps Auction

alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:09:18 +0000

Doc Savage and Weird Tales Lead Major Pulps Auction

Heritage Auctions' June 5–6 Pulp Magazines sale will feature an exceptionally rare color variant of Weird Tales No. 1 from March 1923, and a Doc Savage No. 1 from March 1933.

Other highlights include:

alex Tue, 06/02/2026 - 04:09

New Summer Exhibition Focuses on Rain in Literature

alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:44:00 +0000

New Summer Exhibition Focuses on Rain in Literature

Rain is the subject of the National Library of Scotland’s forthcoming major exhibition including a copy of 18th century Scottish scientist James Hutton’s Theory of Rain and rain in the poetry of

alex Tue, 06/02/2026 - 03:44

McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists 2026 Awarded to Christopher Selleck and Brooks Turner

alex — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:55:36 +0000

McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists 2026 Awarded to Christopher Selleck and Brooks Turner

The 2026 McKnight Book Artist Fellows are artist, photographer, and book artist Christopher Selleck and artist, writer, andn educator Brooks Turner.

alex Mon, 06/01/2026 - 03:55