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In 2001, the artists Mendi and Keith Obadike listed Keith's "blackness" for sale on eBay under the "Black Americana" category as part of an art project, "Blackness for Sale." [42] [43] [44] The act was seen as a comment on the commodification of racial identity [45] and as a reference to slave auctions. [46] The auction was eventually shut down ...
A collection of autographed children’s books may seem useless for an adult in her late 20s (who probably won’t be able to afford to have kids in this economy).
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
Naturally, the thing is the full pinnacle of luxury, boasting spacious decks, upscale accommodations, spas, fine dining, state-of-the-art gym equipment, and plenty more. bruno talledo/istockphoto 2.
Catawiki is an online auction platform for buying and selling special items and collectibles. Catawiki was founded in 2008 as an online community for collectors. Since 2011, the company has been hosting weekly online auctions, in various categories such as vintage comic books, model trains, coins, watches, art, jewellery and classic cars.
Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. The love of books is bibliophilia , and someone who loves to read, admire, and a person who collects books is often called a bibliophile .
The first private collection auction broke 12 artist records. [9] It had been expected to bring $8–$12 million at auction [10] but Cowley Abbott's two session live auction event, which also included their live auction of important Canadian art in the afternoon, achieved a combined $19.6 million. [11]
PBA was founded in 1992 by former employees of California Book Auction Galleries, which closed following the passing of its founder, Maurice F. Powers. PBA Galleries was first located at 139 Townsend Street, in the SOMA area of San Francisco (just a block away from the present location of ATT Park, home of the San Francisco Giants).