BSM Archives

Feature Articles & Columns

Sep ’23

Doings at the Morgan: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals, Opening October 6

Sep ’23

Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair

Sep ’23

Potter & Potter's October 12th Japanese Antarctic Expedition Sale

Aug ’23

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

Jul ’23

A Season of Book Auctions at Swann

Jun ’23

Antiquarian Book Fairs Update & Reminder

Jun ’23

Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Realizes $628,000

Jun ’23

Booksellers' Gulch (or where the books are)

Jun ’23

PBA's Sci/Fi, Fantasy, Horror Auction totals $500,000

May ’23

Results of Hindman's May 11th Books & Manuscripts Sale

May ’23

Some Results of Freeman's May 3rd Books & Manuscripts Sale

Apr ’23

Swann's African Americana Sale

Mar ’23

Outsider Artists Lead Hindman's Auction of Susan Craig Collection

Feb ’23

Potter & Potter Auctions' Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Exceeds $630,000

Feb ’23

Vermont Spring Book & Paper Fair Changes Hands Donna Howard

Jan ’23

Doings at the Morgan (Blaise Cendrars Exhibition)

Dec ’22

Exceptional Al Capone Letters, Books & Manuscripts by Historically Important Figures Perform Well at Hindman

Nov ’22

Potter & Potter Announces Appointment of James Gannon as Senior Consultant

Nov ’22

Washington Letter to Jefferson Exceeds Estimate

Nov ’22

Old Editions

Nov ’22

Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts

Nov ’22

Exceptional Books from Back of Beyond (Moab, Utah)

Nov ’22

Offerings from Early Aeronautica

Nov ’22

New Arrivals from Quill & Brush

Oct ’22

A Selection from D & D Galleries

Oct ’22

Gibson's Books

Sep ’22

"New England's First Fruits" exceeds pre-auction estimate at Freeman's September 21 Sale

Aug ’22

Biblio Paradiso (24/7/365)

Jul ’22

Hermann Collection Achieves Nearly $1 Million at Hindman

May ’22

Sales Results of PBA's April 21st Sale

Mar ’22

Fine Books & Manuscripts at Potter & Potter

Mar ’22

Contemporary & Modern Art at Hindman

Jan ’22

PBA's January 27th Auction Results

Jan ’22

What Is the Great Reset? Michael Rectenwald

Jan ’22

The Year at Hindman

Dec ’21

November Sales at Swann Bring $6.7M, with a Record for David Hockney

Nov ’21

Results of Hindman's Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction

Nov ’21

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Auction Nearly Doubles Presale Estimate

Oct ’21

The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures

Oct ’21

Full Measure News (October 3)

Sep ’21

Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Achieves Record Results

Jul ’21

Important Americana & Rare Cartography at PBA's July 8th Sale

May ’21

Results of Hindman's May 12 Auction

May ’21

Hindman's Fine Art Sales Week

Mar ’21

Results of Potter & Potter's March 13 Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale

Feb ’21

WPA Artists at Swann

Dec ’20

Hobart Book Village (of the Catskills) Paul Grondahl

Nov ’20

Results of Recent Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction

Nov ’20

Old Master and Modern Prints at Swann

Oct ’20

October Travel Poster Auction - Prices Realized

Sep ’20

A Jersey Lesson in Voter Fraud (reprinted with permission) Thomas Fleming (Society of American Historians)

Sep ’20

Potter & Potter's Auction Achieves Solid Prices

Sep ’20

Hobart Book Village Profiled on CGTV

Sep ’20

Hindman Breaks Record for Top Lot Sold at Auction

Aug ’20

Confessions of a Voter Fraud... (or contributions to American political history - ed. note) Jon Levine

May ’20

Hindman's Spring Fine Art Sales Exceed Estimates and Break Records

May ’20

Strong Results from PBA's May 7th Americana Sale

Apr ’20

Potter & Potter's April 18 Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Totals $364,000

Mar ’20

Jane Austen Star of February 20th Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction

Jan ’20

London in June (or the way things were in 2002, lately not so much - ed. note) Wilfrid de Freitas

Dec ’19

Results of Maps, Atlases & Color Plate Books Sale

Nov ’19

Results of Swann's October 24th Auction

Oct ’19

Results of Swann's Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction

Aug ’19

Results of Swann's Summer Poster Auction

Jun ’19

Lewis Evans Map Fetches $125,000 at Swann

Apr ’19

Records Set in Recent Americana Sale

Apr ’19

Garry R. Austin Karen Austin

Apr ’19

Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Apr ’19

Auction Record for Mohawk Chief & Loyalist Joseph Brant

Jan ’19

News & Notes

Dec ’18

Currier & Ives Print with Ties to Thomas W. Streeter Sets Record at Swann

Nov ’18

The Diary of a Bookseller (a review) Danna D'Esopo Jackson

Nov ’18

Signed & Inscribed Oscar Wilde Play Leads Literature Auction

Oct ’18

Americana Continues to Outperform at Swann

Aug ’18

Swann's Summer Vintage Poster Auction

Jul ’18

Results of PBA's July 19th Fine Pens Sale

Jun ’18

Results of Revolutionary War & Presidential Americana Auction

Mar ’18

Letters to the Editor

Jan ’18

Uncommon, Interesting & Rare Books Offered by Our Supporters and Sponsors

Jan ’18

The Chicago Book Scene: Breaking with Tradition Carlos Martínez

Nov ’17

Books and Bookselling in Cuba Carlos Martinez

Aug ’17

Who Is Hans Sachs? Charles E. Gould, Jr.

May ’17

Prices Achieved at Recent Auctions

May ’17

Homage to Charlie Everitt Anonymous

Mar ’17

The Shops Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Dec ’16

Getting to Know the Doctor Anthony B. Marshall

Mar ’16

How Chicago Lost One of America's Best Book Fairs: A Short history of Printers Row Carlos Martinez

Mar ’16

A Dog for Dr. Bierbrauer Anthony Marshall

Aug ’15

Death of a Book Store Michael Pixley

Jun ’15

A Body in a Library Anthony Marshall

Jan ’15

Keeping Fear Alive Michael Pixley (from BSM of January 2011)

Dec ’14

P is for Pacifism Anthony Marshall

Aug ’14

Reggie's Book Club Anthony Marshall

Jul ’14

The Shia/Sunni Shuffle Michael Pixley

Jul ’14

A Scottish Play? Anthony Marshall

May ’14

Permanent Ink John Howard Huckans

Apr ’14

Much Ado about Someone Anthony Marshall

Feb ’14

Melbourne Moments Anthony Marshall

Dec ’13

A Sleeping Beauty Anthony Marshall

Dec ’13

Saint-Exupéry at the Morgan Christine Nelson & Alanna Schindewolf

Nov ’13

Pin Paper Wrappers Diane DeBlois

Nov ’13

An Afternoon in Canterbury Anthony Marshall

Sep ’13

A Day in Canterbury: Morning Anthony Marshall

Sep ’13

Books, Betrayal and Berlusconi Anthony Marshal

Aug ’13

Crepe: Fabric to Paper Diane DeBlois

Aug ’13

Of Royals and Royalties Anthony Marshall

Apr ’13

Wanderlust, with Wheelbarrows Anthony Marshall

Feb ’13

Let Me Unclarify That Michael Pixley

Nov ’12

Footloose in Freiburg Anthony Marshall

Jul ’12

Bookselling in Chicago: Past & Present Carlos Martinez

Apr ’12

A Bird of Passage Anthony Marshall

Mar ’12

John Sard.... John Who? Michael Pixley

Dec ’11

Viva la Repubblica! Anthony Marshall

Oct ’11

Going, Going...Groan Michael Pixley

Aug ’11

On the Describing of Books Charles E. Gould, Jr.

May ’11

A Slow Bookshop Anthony Marshall

Nov ’10

What Great Writers Read is Wodehouse Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Sep ’10

Still Life with Goanna? Anthony Marshall

Jul ’10

What was that price again? Michael Pixley

May ’10

Remembering Charles E. Feinberg Roy Meador

Mar ’10

The Fragrant Bookshop Anthony Marshall

Jan ’10

Forgetting History Michael Pixley

Nov ’09

“Tell Everybody I’m Alive” Roy Meador

Sep ’09

The Excellent Foppery of the World Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Jul ’09

Sin and the Art of Bookselling Anthony Marshall

May ’09

The Redemption of Theron Ware Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Mar ’09

Islam As It Was – Part 2 Michael Pixley

Jan ’09

Islam As It Was Michael Pixley

Nov ’08

Minding My Languages Anthony Marshall

Sep ’08

Works of Art Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Jul ’08

“First Thus” and “Mish” Michael Pixley

May ’08

Two Laureates Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Mar ’08

Stumbling on Steiner Anthony Marshall

Jan ’08

Iraq Then and Now: A Bibliographical Essay Michael Pixley

Nov ’07

Baedeker Guide Books Amy Gale

Sep ’07

That Strange and Wise Old Howl Roy Meador

Jul ’07

Dull Old Saws and Boring Drills Charles, E. Gould, Jr.

May ’07

An Australian (or two) in Paris Anthony Marshall

Mar ’07

To Write, Or Not to Write Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Jan ’07

The Ephemera of Protest Diane DeBlois

Nov ’06

Twenty Years After: An Adventure in Underland Anthony Marshall

Sep ’06

Journeys To Greeneland Roy Meador

Jul ’06

A Musing Charles E. Gould, Jr.

May ’06

All Jammed Up Anthony Marshall

Mar ’06

Books & Ben Roy Meador

Jan ’06

Dust Jackets & Edgar Wallace Diane De Blois

Nov ’05

Letters Pray Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Sep ’05

Wondering in Wonthaggi Anthony Marshall

Jul ’05

Frederick Faust, Pulp Writer and Poet Roy Meador

May ’05

Rumpole and the Constant Reader Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Mar ’05

Weeping Walrus and Gingerbread, or A Comb Through the Mustache Anthony Marshall

Nov ’04

Truth, Beauty, and Keats Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Sep ’04

Books, Wars, and the ASEs Roy Meador

Jul ’04

The Price is in the Asking Tom Benton

May ’04

Lifetime Sentences Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Mar ’04

Of Saints, Sex and Censorship Anthony Marshall

Jan ’04

When the Comics Migrate from the Funnies Diane DeBlois

Nov ’03

September and Thomas Paine Roy Meador

Sep ’03

The Literary Offenses of Robert B. Parker Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Jul ’03

Fluffy Bookshops: or Every Man his Own Bookseller Anthony Marshall

May ’03

Plagiarize, Publish, and Perish Charles E. Gould, Jr.

Dec ’01

Oh Jerusalem! Anthony Marshall

Nov ’01

Photography & Poster Auctions in February

Nov ’-1

Maps, Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books at Swann Galleries

Nov ’-1

A Season of Book Auctions at Swann

Nov ’-1

Early Printed Books at Swann on Octobert 16th