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Dr. Frank T. Siebert: Requiem for a Heavyweight

Third in a series on important book auctions By Bruce McKinney It is first by perseverance and then by luck that book collectors succeed twice. Most do not succeed even once. First you must collect well and then you must sell well. Most collectors today might as well buy lottery tickets as collect books with an honest expectation to succeed on the first count. The gods, dealers, auction houses and luck then determine the small percentage that succeeds when they sell. Dr. Frank T. Siebert, who died in 1997 at age 85 and whose books were sold at auction in 1999, was one of thos...

Catalogue Review: Reese, Oak Knoll, & Shapero

Item 85 has an uncomfortable ring to us today. Barclay Raunkaier traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1912 on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society. He encountered much religious fanatici...

H. P. Kraus Reference Library and Inventory to be Auctioned

While Mr. Kraus was not able to bring much with him, he did have the foresight to carry a rare Columbus letter, which became his entry into the bookselling world in America. With the Columbus lette...

Rare Book Monthly Articles - August - 2003 Issue

Dr. Frank T. Siebert: Requiem for a Heavyweight

Catalogue Review: Reese, Oak Knoll, & Shapero

H. P. Kraus Reference Library and Inventory to be Auctioned