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Manuscript Digest: May – June 2024 – 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. […]
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2023 Maass Grant Recipient Announced
2023 Maass Research Grant Recipient Announced Maxwell Pingeon - 2023 Maass Research Grant Recipient Maxwell Pingeon, a PhD student in the department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia was named the 2023 Maass research grant recipient according to Dr. Elizabeth Dow, chairman of the Scholarship Committee [...]
Original “Wikipedia” : Siku Quanshu Project
The Original Wikipedia: 18th Century Chinese Emperor Qianlong’s Siku Quanshu THIS WEBINAR IS CANCELED - IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE. Qianlong - Emperor Manuscript Monday - Live, Free Webinar -Monday, Apr 3, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) “The Original Wikipedia: 18th Century Chinese [...]
Mary, Queen of Scots letters decoded
Mary, Queen of Scots In another exciting breakthrough, a team of code breakers have cracked secret coded messages in letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots. Afraid of her cousin's popularity, Queen Elizabeth I held Mary in prison for 19 years. Experts say this is the most significant discovery about [...]
Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector’s Manual
Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector’s Manual Edmund Berkley, Jr. Editor Herbert E. Klinghofer and Kenneth W. Rendell, Co-editors (New York) Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1978) xviii, 565 pages [including, Bibliography, Notes on Contributors, Glossary, and Index] ISBN: 0-684-15622-9 Cloth, Dust Cover [new] This classic manual now out of print is once [...]
MM On-Demand: Collecting Awards – Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony, Nobel
“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 [...]
MM On-Demand: Classic Animation Art – Recognize & Value
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 [...]
Oldest Runestone Found in Norway
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 [...]
