PBA Galleries will hold an auction of Fine Art & Photography on Thursday, January 27th, 2022. The sale comprises over 325 lots featuring paintings, prints, original photographs, photobooks, artists’ books, posters, deco arts, and more. Major collections include early works by Ed Ruscha from his friend Marilyn McCorkle’s collection, a large collection of Chez Panisse … Ed Ruscha’s Thanksgiving Day 1965 offered on January 27th
On May 30, 2019, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of Fine Books & Manuscripts – Food and Drink. Significantly, the auction is the first to be held in PBA Galleries’ new location at 605 Addison Street in Berkeley. On the auction block will be over 400 lots of rare, valuable, curious, and unusual material … Fine Books & Manuscripts – Food and Drink on May 30th
On Thursday, June 27th, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of over 500 lots of fine literature and poetry. The first 121 lots in the auction comprise a selection of mystery and detective fiction, with a large section dedicated to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring many first and scarce editions of titles from … Fine Literature with Mystery & Detective Fiction on June 27th
On Thursday, June 20th, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of almost 350 lots of rare and unusual fine writing instruments. The lots include both modern and vintage pens, including exceptional examples from Montblanc, Montegrappa, OMAS, Namiki, Parker, Pelikan and more. PBA will have a selection of fine watches, including examples from Montblanc, Audemars Piguet, … Fine Pens & Watches on June 20th
On Thursday, July 25th, PBA Galleries will offer an auction of over 450 lots of prints, graphics, original artwork, and other visual materials; illustrated books; artist’s books; children’s books; art reference; plate books, and more, from the 17th to 21st centuries. The auction also features an exciting selection of fine books in a variety of … Art & Illustration – Fine Books on July 25th
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
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
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