“And the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony goes to ………..” Harold Russell – Two Academy Awards [Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Honorary Award for his work to encourage veterans] for his role the movie: “Best Years of our Lives” 1947 “This year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize for [...]
Identifying and Valuing Classic Animation Art This fascinating and exciting live-stream presentation describes the intricate process of creating classic animation art and how the animation process impacts the value of classic 'cels' and illustrations. Snoopy and Charlie Brown Animation Cel Melanie Smith will describe the many different steps [...]
Manuscript Digest: December 2022 – January 2023 – This complimentary e-digest, now published bi-monthly, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more news in this digest […]
When we think of recording history our thoughts first go to papyrus, vellum, and cotton paper. Items that most collectors desire. But along with these forms, men and women have desired to record his or her existence. Runes are the characters in several Germanic alphabets that were used in northern [...]
Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) Richard Hakluyt is familiar to every student of American History. He was an English geographer. His many writings, and his persistent promotion of Elizabethan overseas expansion encouraged England to explore and colonize North America. Color version of Abraham Ortelius’ Typus Orbis Terrarum, a map inserted into [...]