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My First Autograph – How It All Began

From trash to treasure: a TLS from Harry S. Truman. Courtesy of Ed Bomsey. Have you ever wondered how a person gets hooked on collecting? Maybe it is the first autograph you got from a sports figure. Maybe it was a chance opportunity on the subway, at an [...]

2018-07-31T20:24:27-04:00July 31, 2018|News|

New Manuscripts Editor Introduced

Manuscript Society President, Allen Ottens, introduces the new David Chesnutt Editor for Manuscripts to the membership. "Let me introduce Bradley D. Cook as the next David R. Chesnutt Editor of Manuscripts. After having been chosen from a nation-wide pool of applicants.  Brad will soon take over the editorial duties from [...]

2018-07-30T16:57:43-04:00July 30, 2018|News|

Indictments in the Carnegie Library Theft

It may be the largest theft in library history. In March 2018 news of the theft broke in the Post-Gazette.  One June 28th hundreds of documents were unsealed by the court and now indictments have been issued. Here is the latest information as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/07/20/Two-men-charged-with-stealing-8-million-rare-books-Carnegie-Library-Greg-Priore-John-Schulman/stories/201807190205  

2018-07-20T16:30:39-04:00July 20, 2018|News|

Carnegie Library Theft Update: Court Documents Opened

Hundreds of pages of documents were unsealed in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, Thursday, June 28th, highlighting the magnitude of the theft of documents and books from the Carnegie Library. Documents released state, Gregory Priore, former archivist of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and John Schulman, co-owner of Caliban [...]

2018-06-29T16:16:26-04:00June 29, 2018|News|

Rare Items Stolen from Carnegie Library

Rare and valuable atlases, maps, and large plate books that show the colorful breadth of Western civilization have been stolen from the rare books room of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland. The theft of 314 items includes a first edition of Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” from [...]

2018-03-19T15:34:13-04:00March 19, 2018|News|
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