Midway through 2016 the world is decidedly different than it was as recently as a year ago. Domestic violence in the United States, Europe and Africa, slowing growth in many parts of the world, Brexit, the rise of isolationism, and the presidential election in the United States are spelling hard times for the world of collectibles. I asked six dealers the following question, “Looking back five and ahead five years, where have you come from, where are you now, and where will you be?
I spoke with John Doyle of Crawford Doyle in New York, Bill Reese of the William Reese Company, Jim Cumm...
For the past 50 years, I have, from time to time, visited the principal graveyard on Plains Road in New Paltz, New York where I grew up. I today live on the west coast and New Paltz is on the e...
AbeBooks has released its list of the top 10 most expensive items sold on their site for the second quarter of 2016. These lists give us an anecdotal but interesting look at what is selling for the...
I became a reader of the Missionary Herald because it was an excellent primary source in English of information about Hawaii in the early 19th century. As a dealer in Hawaii and the Pacific I found...
A few months ago, a team from the University of Lyon-2, France, made an audio reconstruction of Paris in the 18th century. Though captivating, the video (news.cnrs.fr/articles/sound-18th-century-pa...
Two years ago, on eBay, an item was offered that looked interesting. It was “Guide Book to Lake Mohonk – New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y.” and its date marked it as very early in the history of the S...
The second part of what may well be the greatest book sale of the 21st century so far has been scheduled for November 8 and 9 this year. It will be held in Paris at the famed auction site, the Hote...
Steven Eisenstein has a talk show about rare books on the online radio station WDBF Radio. He and I have spoken a few times, and I’ve agreed to be a guest on Saturday, August 20th. The show will b...
July has come to a close, and this means a couple things. One, summer’s almost over. And two, Comic-Con International in San Diego just ended. This year marked the 47th year of the comic-based extr...
Book theft is never pretty, but sometimes it's even uglier than usual. Some thief unknown reached new depths with the theft of a prayer book from an English church. It was not any prayer book. The ...
For almost 20 years the Keno brothers, Leigh and Leslie, have been stars of Americana and valuable cars. They came to these fields with fine pedigrees, Leigh a noted specialist at Christie’s, Lesl...
We have all heard a police officer reciting the Miranda Rights. Hopefully, we have heard it on a crime drama on television, rather than from having a police officer recite them to us personally. Yo...
For August, we review ten new bookseller catalogues. Maggs Bros. and John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offer catalogues of travel and voyages. Several booksellers target books about America. The W...
