Sydney rare book auctions

Lawsons auctioneers offer more sales in more categories than any other. National book auctions books ephemera art currency. Our august 24 th sale featured our usual eclectic mix of material, ranging from highly collectible autographs and rare australiana, to maps and ephemera. Best of all, a skinner online auction evaluation is free of charge. Valuation of books and other printed items rare books.

In addition to books, americana encompasses pamphlets, letters, documents and manuscripts. Australiana, voyages and travels, including voyages of baudin, staunton, cook etc. We also collect highquality facsimiles, examples of fine printing and binding and modern limited. These are often supplemented by singleowner collections, such as the library collection of the late w. Our team of specialists has exceptional experience of the rare book world and the changing trends for different types of books in the auction market. The srba plans to collect rare books and conduct public auctions for.

Trust sothebys to inspect and evaluate your firstedition novel, antique manuscript or letter, or rare book collection. Catalogue sydney book auctions national library of. The 1640 bay psalm book was the first book written in british america and the first book printed in english in the new world. The journal is occasionally on display at various museums. With a team of directors boasting over 50 years of experience and an extensive knowledge base in the rare book trade, the auction house specializes in books and manuscripts, maps, prints, photography, and art.

Sydney rare book auctions, norman lindsay, art and australian, date. We had a full auction room and a lot of online activity, making for a lively and fast moving sale. Connecticut river book auction formerly cfa book auction holds list and shelf auctions of good quality, used, rare, and collectible books, ephemera, artwork and other items suitable for. William blake the book of urizen denounced by contemporaries as an eccentric and madman. Sydney rare book auctions is one of puccs newest members. Antique and rare books are numerous in this catalog. Make the most of your online antiques appraisal skinner. While there are always exceptions, books which are rare and valuable are typically found in collections which belonged to someone who collected rather seriously and spent a relatively large amount of. A priced and annotated annual record of london, new york, montreal, edinburgh, and glasgow bookauctions. Depending on the rarity and condition of books and volumes, these items are offered as part of our curated, specialist auctions, or within the thursday auction. If, on the other hand, a book has not been found in the published records or booksellers catalogues, and it is suspected it is a desirable item, it would be worthwhile to contact a local. Pingree director of the phillips library at the peabody essex museum in salem, massachusetts. As the worlds leading auctioneer of australian books and manuscripts we now hold all of the top four prices achieved at auction for printed australiana, a feat achieved by no other auction house. Sydney rare book auctions norman lindsay, art and australian.

The two directors are paul feain and david byrne who have between them over 50 years experience in the rare book trade. The independent online booksellers association ioba is proud to announce its first virtual international rare and. Sydney rare book auctions 372428 wattle street, ultimo, ultimo, new south wales 2007 rated 4. Sydney rare book auctions is a sydney based auction house that specialises in rare, antiquarian and collectible books, maps, manuscripts, ephemera and posters. Although we sell new books in our city stores, our business was built on the trade of rare and valuable books, and this remains at the heart of the berkelouw operation. We were able to fill our shelves with quality books for students use at a very affordable price. Lawsons, australias premier auctioneers since 1884. Paul and his two fellow directors of sydney rare book auctions, ellie aroney and emily ingleton have between them over 50 years of experience in the rare book trade. Among the earliest examples are the 1568 printing of herodianus history of the roman empire, tafuris history of the writers born in the kingdom of. Located in sydney, queensland and the southern highlands, berkelouw. We buy and sell rare, old, and collectible books as well as fine, used and quality second hand books. It is the thirdlargest library in an art museum in the united states. National book auctions was a wonderful find for our residential livinglearning community library. Comprising books from the invention of printing to the current year, bindings.

Lawsons hold regular inroom auctions offering antique and modern furniture. Rare books and special collections includes early printed books from europe, australia, america, and asia. An online antiques appraisal, called an auction evaluation, is the quickest and easiest way to get an expert appraisers opinion. The books and ephemera department holds a regular sale and offers a comprehensive catalogue of books, maps, manuscripts, postcards. Located in thriving new south wales, sydney rare book auctions was founded in 2011.

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