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This week in Bookplates September 5,2015
Let's start with two interesting Emails I received. The First one came from Guillermo Morán Dauchez."Having seen your blog 'Confessions of...' I have taken the liberty of writing you this mail, hoping...
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Till Death Do Us Part- Disposing of a Bookplate Collection
https://mypencillines.wordpress.com/tag/till-death-do-us-part/ Many years ago I had a brief telephone conversion with Dr. Samuel Radbill..His name came up often when I asked book dealers about...
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Sneak Preview Of An Important Bookplate Auction
In early November Heritage Auctions will be selling about 2,000 bookplates from the James M. Goode collection.It will take place in New York City and also be shown on the internet..Many items in this...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends 9/26/2015
Last week I attended a book show in Brooklyn and found about twenty bookplates.Shown below are four of my favorites.This monogram is very confusing. I see an S and perhaps a second backward S.Do you...
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A Slow Week for Bookplate News
Submitted by Guillermo MoránThis belongs to the University of Salamanca and, as far as I know it is not exactly a bookplate, but a print aimed to be on a wall or the like.It is quite popular nowadays...
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This Week in bookplates 10/11/2015
My last posting about Bedbugs and Zombies was a bit creepy ,wasn't it ?I suppose bats are less repulsive since they feast on tons of Mosquitoes .I just got a bookplate featuring a bat. It is an...
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Bookplate News and Events 10/23/2015
The Upcoming James M. Goode Bookplate auction was featured in The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/design/bookplates-for-famous-bookworms.htmA collection of entertainment bookplates...
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Upcoming Book and Paper Shows
My New BookplateBy Al GuryAs a collector of private press books and bookplates, I wanted my own unique bookplate.I had already been collecting the woodcuts of the Philadelphia artist Martha Knox, so I...
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This Week in Bookplates 11/8/2015
The two day auction of the James M. Goode collection is over.Here are a few of the higher bids:George Washington $2750.00 *Paul Revere (four items)...
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Dealer Profile Harri Ylikomi
My name is Harri Ylikomi. I am an antiques dealer living in Jämjö outside the city of Karlskrona in the south of Sweden.I was born in Sasi close to the city of Tampere in Finland. I started to learn...
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Thanksgiving Day 2015
It is Thanksgiving day here in the states and I will forgo the usual images of bookplates with Turkeys.Here are some American Turkeys.Most of the world news is dreadful so here is a feel -good news...
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Collector Profile Bill Glaseman
Note from LewWhen I retired my employer held a farewell luncheon for me in Chicago.I continued westward and visited friends along the wayIn Arizona I made an appointment to see Bill Glaseman...
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The Bill Glaseman Collection- Part Two
Here are some letters from the Glaseman collection.The following paragraph was written by Mr. GlasemanThe Bennett A Cerf Bookplate was designed by Rockwell KentNote From LewI am always pleased to...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends 12/13/2015
Collectors everywhere hope some day to find a hidden treasure overlooked by everyone else.It is part of our DNA. That is why TV shows like American Pickers and The Antiques Road Show have such a large...
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The Birth of a Mezzotint Bookplate
I love to receive unexpected submissions from readers like this one from Guillermo MoranIf you want to contact Guillermo about bookplate exchanges here is his email...
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Goodbye 2015
As the year is ending I would like to look back and look forward..In 2015 I did not complete many of the bookplate projects I had...
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My Tenth Year of Blogging Has Begun
I never fully realized how addictive my computer had become until it went through a mid life crisis earlier this week at the same time that the neighborhood computer guru left for a ten day trip to...
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Bookplates As Art
Bookplates as Art Part One of Threeby Mark WitteveenI collect bookplates as art. European pieces primarily, from the early 20th century prior to the rise of the National Socialists. Many of these...
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Bookplates As Art Parts Two and Three
Bookplates as Art Parts Two and ThreeBy Mark WitteveenWalter Helfenbein (German) for Erich Dorschfeldt (1922).A prolific bookplate artist, Helfenbein did a series of mementos mori for Erich...
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A Little Help From My Friends
Rebecca Eschliman has written several articles about the Antioch Bookplate Company and has been very generous in sharing informationMore information can be seen by following this...
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