Antique Maps & Antique Prints News through Dec. 15, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

December 9, New York. The New York Map Society meets at 2:30 pm at the New York Public Library, Room 117. Guest speaker Dr. Seymour Schwartz will discuss the Waldseemuller Map, and his upcoming book, Putting America on the Map. RSVP to NYMapSociety@webtv.net.

December 12, Denver. The Rocky Mountain Map Society meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Denver Public Library, 5th floor, Gates Room, 13th & Broadway . Founding member Ron Gibbs will present Captain Cook -- The Art of Discovery. There will also be a review of the recent, successful, Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair.

December 14, Washington, DC. The Washington Map Society meets at 7:00 pm, Geography and Map Division, B Level, Library of Congress, Madison Bldg., 101 Independence Avenue. The Honorable Anthony A. Williams, two-term Mayor of Washington, will discuss his younger days as a map dealer. For further information, Robert.C.Hansen@noaa.gov or call 202-482-4594.

Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

No more fairs scheduled til after New Year's Day, 2007. Check back here around mid-December for listings.

Auction Calendar

December 5, New York. Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana.

November 20 - December 6. Old World Auctions. Online auction of Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.

December 11, New York. Sothebys. Fine Books & Manuscripts, including a Private Collection of Historical Hawaiiana.

December 13, Edinburgh. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps.

December 13, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.

December 14, New York. Swann Galleries. Maps & Atlases, Natural History, Historical Prints and Ephemera.

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Antique Maps & Antique Prints News through Nov. 24, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

November 16, Chicago. The Chicago Map Society. 5:30 p.m. Newberry Library for members' show and tell. Bring your maps and discuss with other map enthusiasts. Call the Smith Center at 312-255-3659 if you'd like to participate.

November 16, Washington, D.C. The Washington Map Society meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, level B, Madison Bldg., 101 Independence Avenue. Kim Martineau, a staff reporter for the Hartford Courant, will discuss her extensive coverage of convicted antique map thief E. Forbes Smiley. For more information, please call Ed Redmond at 202-707-8548, or email him directly.

November 23, London. Maps and Society Series at the University of London's Warburg Institute. Malcolm Bishop will discuss The 1518 map in Sir Thomas More's Utopia: Dentistry Solves the Mystery. For more information, email Tony Campbell.

November 24 - 25, Breda, The Netherlands. 9th European Map Fair.

Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

November 17 - 19, Boston. 30th Anniversary Boston International Book Fair. Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street.

November 18, Boston. Boston Book, Print, & Ephemera Show. Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart Street. For information, email bbshows@aol.com

November 24 - 25 Wilmington, Delaware. Delaware Book & Ephemera Fair. Chase Center on the Riverfront, 800 South Madison Street, Wilmington. For information email flamingoshows@aol.com

Auction Calendar

November 15, London. Christies. Important Cartography, Atlases, Maps, and Globes.

November 16, London. Sothebys. Valuable Printed Books & Maps.

November 19, Boston. Skinner. Fine Books & Manuscripts.

November 20 - December 6. Old World Auctions. Online auction of Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.

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