To find and sell rare books, you need more than a love for literature. You need a collector’s eye. William Chrisant developed his knowledge of antiquarian books as a graduate student, hunting for ...

You've heard the stories about people discovering rare books, netting the unsuspecting owner hundreds, maybe even thousands, of dollars. Believe it or not, you don't have to have an antique book on ...

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If you happen to have one of these rare comic books, you may have a super-fortune on your hands. Whether you're collecting comics or you scored a great find at a flea market or garage sale, it pays to ...

The world of comic book collecting has transformed from a childhood hobby into a serious investment market where single issues routinely sell for millions of dollars. What once cost a dime at the ...

March marks the last month of Rare Books 101 at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Along with opportunities to view significant historic acclaimed works that are always on display, visitors to ...

Does a used Porsche seem like a fair trade for a rare 1555 book about medicine by Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius? No? Well, then, maybe you’re not as committed to tomes dedicated to medical ...

This signed autobiography of Babe Ruth will carry a $10,000 price tag at the 63rd annual Antiquarian Book Fair in New York. A Babe Ruth autobiography published in 1948 will bear a price tag of $10,000 ...

Last March, Heritage Auctions sold a signed and inscribed first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby from 1925 for $162,500 at a rare book sale in New York City. On Sunday, I took a break ...

An expansion and an addition are coming to the quiet western end of Worth Avenue. Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, who opened Raptis Rare Books at 226 Worth Ave. in 2016, are renovating three units in a ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A former librarian and a bookseller will serve house arrest and probation after pleading guilty to stealing and trafficking rare, valuable books from the Carnegie Library of ...