One morning in December 2004, four men embarked on a daring heist. Their target: several volumes of some of the world's rarest books, later valued at more than $5.7 million in total, located in the ...
PROVO — I'm halfway through my interview with Reid Moon, collector of rare and cool artifacts, when he tells me about this game he likes to play when he's talking to groups about his collection of ...
Alex Warren is holding a copy of James Bond novel Thunderball, which comes with a price tag of Dh118,000. This, he says with a laugh, reluctantly counts him out as a possible customer. But why this ...
The St. Louis Rare Book Fair will bring rare book and ephemera exhibitors from across the country to historic Missouri Athletic Club in the heart of downtown. Visitors can browse books, and ephemera ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Bookworms with a soft spot for history can get an eyeful this weekend, with the arrival of the Indianapolis Rare Book Fair. “We’re going to have two days of activities for people ...
Where might you find the world’s oldest printed object, the first illustrated edition of Pride and Prejudice, and one of Sigmund Freud’s personal letters – all in one room – this weekend? Right here ...
In 1491, two German merchants came together upon a crazy idea: to commission an illustrated encyclopedia documenting the history of the world. Two years and 300-odd pages later, the Nuremberg ...