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The new director is confident the fair will find its footing quickly

London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edition, with 120 international dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.

Discover masterpieces from throughout the ages, including illuminated manuscripts and iconic works by Henri Matisse, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nam June Paik and more

TEFAF returns to Maastricht.

Before a fair opens, experts check that every work for sale is exactly what the gallerists say it is

Books, maps, and globes are all areas that generate emotion for any interested buyer and Daniel Crouch is keenly aware of these connections.

Jenny Oldaker explores the enduring appeal of antique maps, and the compelling stories that reside within them…

A new book takes readers into collector Edward Brooke-Hitching’s “madman’s library”

BADA Friends, part of The British Antique Dealers’ Association, ran a virtual schedule through lockdown but is returning to physical events.

This exceptionally rare, gilt brass astrolabe helped orient travelers toward Mecca.

From an early Renaissance list of statutes stipulating the amount of wine that every man, woman, and child of Bologna would receive daily, to a chunky twentieth-century cocktail ring, you’ll hear about wacky objects and the wild stories behind them from some of the Winter Show’s most irreverent dealers: Daniel Crouch (Daniel Crouch Rare Books), Carrie Imberman (Kentshire), and Keegan Goepfert (Les Enluminures).

Listen to the podcast here.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy hopes to raise £600,000 to stop the export of a group of hand-drawn Armada maps to an overseas buyer.