09 Apr
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary Bloomsbury Auctions Becomes the World’s Biggest Book Auctioneers
Bloomsbury Auctions (née Bloomsbury Book Auctions), has been growing steadily since its inception in 1983 when it became the first specialist book and manuscript auctioneers to open in central London in over a century. Twenty five years on, it […]
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14 Mar
World Record for Graham Greene at Bloomsbury Auctions
Bloomsbury’s sale of Modern First Editions, Literature & History, Economics & Law on 13th March was a big success, emphasising once again that Bloomsbury is the natural home of First Editions.
The star of the Modern Firsts section was undoubtedly a single Graham […]
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20 Feb
Private Collection of 550 First Edition Harry Potter Books in 67 Languages for Sale at Bloomsbury Auctions
An extraordinary collection of 550 first edition and scarce, uncorrected proof copies of the entire gamut of Harry Potter books by JK Rowling in 67 different languages, is the highlight of Bloomsbury Auctions‘ […]
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08 Feb
Magnificent decorative prints at Bloomsbury
Fashions come and go, and today contemporary art is the flavour of the moment. However the majority of the artists included in Bloomsbury’s Fine Decorative, Natural History and Travel Prints and Watercolours sale (21st February) have withstood the fickle changes of taste of the last 250 years. It could be said […]
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08 Feb
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS’ TURNOVER UP 90% FOLLOWING EXPANSION INTO NEW YORK
Key highlights include two ‘white-glove’ sales in London; full year operation in Rome; and the opening of the New York saleroom in the fourth quarter
Bloomsbury Auctions, the world’s largest auction house for rare books, posted an impressive set of figures for 2007. Overall turnover […]
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30 Jan
Bloomsbury Auctions is expanding and revitalising its Photograph Department. Photographs have long been an important facet of Bloomsbury’s repertoire of expertise, however now there is a new full time expert, Zoe Bingham who comes to Bloomsbury with an impressive specialist background.
Zoe was manager at The Photographers’ Gallery […]
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03 Dec
On Thursday 6th December Bloomsbury Auctions (24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP Tel: 020 7495 9494) is selling a near complete set of first edition Bond titles; most are signed, many have inscriptions, some have signed bookplates while others are simply unsigned first editions. Prices range from £300-22,000.Amongst […]
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