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Digest News – October 2020
Manuscript Digest – October 2020 – This complimentary e-digest, launched in 2012, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more. […]
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Interview: Members Spotlight – Rick Schnake, founder of History In Ink.
Rick Schnake founder of History In Ink. In this piece spotlighting long time members of the Society, society Vice President, Allen Ottens interviews Rick Schnake, founder of History In Ink. Rick is a Springfield, Missouri, attorney, student of history, and current president of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association. [...]
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 [...]
Presidential Autographs: An Unintended Collection
Have you ever wondered how someone gets interested in collecting? Does it begin when you are young - collecting signed baseballs, pictures of favorite singers or love letters you found in your attic? Maybe your passion for reading about American History draws you to collecting pieces of that history. Retired [...]
Interview: Member Spotlight – Filson Historical Society
Across the world of manuscripts, the map is dotted with places waiting to be explored. Many are members of the Manuscript Society. Take a road trip—armchair or otherwise—to visit these venues and discover the wonders within. The next time you are in (or near) Louisville, Kentucky visit the Filson Historical [...]
Golden Age of Manuscripts, Archives, and Culture
The Manuscript Society announces an extraordinary opportunity to see the archival and manuscript treasures of the Netherlands as they are seldom been seen. Manuscripts Society Trustee Alfred Lemmon of The Historic New Orleans Collection and cultural tour specialist Nick Fritz, a veteran of 40 years of specialized tours of the [...]
Political Cartoons – Documents to Collect?
DOCUMENTS? Members of the Manuscript Society collect many kinds of “documents.” Some collect photographs, some collect letters, some collect illustrations. Long time Society member, Anthony J. Mourek shares his collecting passion: "I own few traditional manuscripts yet I have been a member of the Manuscript Society since 1968, am a [...]
Can I Deduct That? An Introduction to Appraisals
As Stuart Lutz notes in his article, Can I Deduct that? An Introduction to Appraisals, “Appraisal work is one of the most misunderstood and most mythologized areas in the antiques field. In particular, the manuscript field is plagued with “products of work” and “self-created archives” that are not allowed to [...]
