On Thursday, October 10th, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of Fine Literature. The auction will feature over 500 lots of fine literature and poetry from the 20th century and earlier. The sale features some truly rare and unique material relating to Charles Bukowski, a nice selection of Raymond Carver rarities, and a number of … Fine Literature on October 10th
On Thursday, November 7th, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of Art & Illustration – Fine Books. The auction will feature over 425 lots featuring original art, prints from old masters to the Bauhaus, rock posters and the art of the underground—with collectible children’s books including Bertuch’s Bilderbuch fur Kinder series, several signed works by … Art & Illustration on November 7th
It will be magical on January 9th with PBA Galleries’ sale of Art & Illustration – Occult & Hermeticism. The sale will present significant works on magic, Freemasonry, and Rosicrucianism from the Matteo Family Library of the Occult. Beginning the auction will be a section of original art, prints from Old Masters to Hundertwasser, rock … Art & Illustration– Occult & Hermeticism on January 9th, 2020
PBA Galleries invites bidders to join them for a special sale on Thursday, February 6th at 10:00am. The sale will take place just prior to the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America) Book Fair in Pasadena, California. The sale will be held in the Piazza Ballroom of the Pasadena Sheraton (303 East Cordova Street), just … Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Fair on February 6th, 2020
Greetings, comics cognoscenti! I’m Ivan Briggs, PBA’s resident comics man, and I’d like to kick things off by sharing a bit about myself and my comics-peddling background. My dad was a first-generation comic book fiend. He remembered seeing the first issue of Action Comics on the stands in 1938 when he was five years old. … PBA Comics
Little Lulu was created by Marjorie Henderson Buell in 1935. The character proved popular enough to win a spot selling Kleenex tissues in an elaborate animated billboard in Times Square, NYC, from 1952 to 1961. This image was scanned from the original negative. Ivan Briggs, PBA’s Director of Comics, is the world’s foremost authority on … PBA Comics: Little Lulu in Lights, NYC, 1950s
PBA Galleries invites bidders to join them on Thursday, February 20th at 11:00am for a sale of Rare Americana & Cartography, with the Robert M. Ebiner Zamorano 80 Collection. The auction will feature over 500 lots of rare and historically significant material on the Americas, ranging from cornerstones of California history to cartographic delineation of … Rare Americana & Cartography With the Robert M. Ebiner Zamorano 80 Collection on February 20th
An internationally significant private collection of early photography will be auctioned by PBA Galleries on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The collection was amassed by Dr. Robert Enteen while living in Paris and other major European cities. It includes an estimated 10,000 photographs, photo-books, and ephemera. The earliest items date from 1839, the dawn of photography, … Collection of Rare Early Photographs and Photo-books on March 5th
The last gasp of pre-Code horror: 35mm color slide, undated, but probably November or December, 1954. The Comics Code took effect in September, 1954, and the sole survivors of the crime & horror craze on display at this newsstand are gutless versions of Atlas’s MYSTERY TALES, Gleason’s CRIME DOES NOT PAY and Harvey’s CHAMBER OF … Comic Pix Panelologist: The End of Pre-Code Horror, 1954
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