Press Releases

Morgan Library Awarded $2.5m to Make Historic Manuscripts Accessible

alex — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:46:16 +0000

Morgan Library Awarded $2.5m to Make Historic Manuscripts Accessible

The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5m grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major project that will expand access to the Morgan's collection of medieval and Renais

alex Wed, 08/05/2026 - 09:46

New Scots Scriever Appointed from Shetland

alex — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:09:57 +0000

New Scots Scriever Appointed from Shetland

Claire White has been appointed as the Shaetlan Scriever and takes up a year-long residency with the National Library of Scotland this month.

alex Wed, 08/05/2026 - 05:09

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

alex — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:15:28 +0000

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

Damaged Goods on view in the Huntington Art Gallery’s first floor brings together books and document marked by natural processes, human error, and intentional acts of censorship.

alex Mon, 08/03/2026 - 05:15

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

alex — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:34:00 +0000

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

The top-selling item at the auction of Colonel Harland Sanders' personal collection at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky was Sanders' personal dandwritten datebook and working planner which sold for $30,000.

alex Fri, 07/31/2026 - 05:34

New Exhibition Focuses on Process of Creating Medieval Books

alex — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:57:54 +0000

New Exhibition Focuses on Process of Creating Medieval Books

The Making of a Medieval Manuscript exhibition examining how medieval manuscripts were produced in Europe and the Mediterranean region opens at The J. Paul Getty Museum on August 4.

alex Thu, 07/30/2026 - 05:57

Manuscripts From Abraham Lincoln’s Law Offices to Auction

alex — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:55:44 +0000

Manuscripts From Abraham Lincoln’s Law Offices to Auction

Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten autographed strategy blueprint for his 1858 Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas leads Heritage Auctions' The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln on July 30.

alex Tue, 07/28/2026 - 04:55

Raymond Briggs's Personal Library Goes on Sale in Charity Shop

alex — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:43:50 +0000

Raymond Briggs's Personal Library Goes on Sale in Charity Shop

More than 1,000 books from the personal library of illustrator and author Raymond Briggs have gone on sale at Oxfam's bookshop in

alex Tue, 07/28/2026 - 04:43

2026 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Makes History

alex — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:38:38 +0000

2026 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Makes History

39-year-old lawyer from Tampa Chris Dutton has become the first 'Young Hemingway' ever to win Sloppy Joe's Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.

alex Mon, 07/27/2026 - 04:38

Albert Einstein’s Mathematical Notes to Auction

alex — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:22:04 +0000

Albert Einstein’s Mathematical Notes to Auction

A Nikola Tesla letter on wireless telegraphy, Marilyn Monroe signed presentation photo, and a Bruce Lee signed program from the 1967 International Karate Championships in California will all join Albert Einstein's notes when they go under the hammer in University Archives’ online Rare Autographs,

alex Mon, 07/27/2026 - 04:22

Longest Running Antiquarian Book Seminar Returns

alex — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:49:26 +0000

Longest Running Antiquarian Book Seminar Returns

The Antiquarian Book School Foundation has announced the return of the 2026 CABS-Minnesota Antiquarian Book Seminar, the longest running training program for antiquarian booksellers in the United States.

alex Fri, 07/24/2026 - 04:49