Category Archives: auctions

On the market value of a happy national inclination toward sottishness.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Garrett

What, we ask with a suitably stem-winding rhetorical flourish, is perhaps the lengthiest thread to run its crooked course through the rich tapestry that is our Grand Republic? One would do worse than to claim for this place in the … Continue reading →

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And suddenly the memory revealed itself.

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Garrett

I don’t usually follow the market in contemporary children’s books (and its sundry related material) with anything that might be construed by the unwary observer as attention, but the news at last reached me today (via Daddy Types) that an … Continue reading →

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On the taxonomic branches of gee-whiz factors in bookselling.

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Garrett

The Wall Street Journal has run a “gee-whiz” article about an upcoming sale at Sotheby’s in conjunction with the June book fairs in London. The collection being auctioned off has been built around a catalogue of high spots, Connolly’s The … Continue reading →

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Wise men perhaps consider other business models.

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Garrett

Much has been written about the demise of the Gotham Book Mart, nearly all of it lamenting the end of an institution. Having never been a wise enough man to have fished there, I have not felt much of a … Continue reading →

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On the inherent depravity of postlapsarian bibliopolic endeavors.

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Garrett

So there may be a problem with “wide-spread” shill bidding on eBay. The problem may need the ministrations of academic research to correct. Or reports of the problem may be seriously overblown. In any case, those participating in auctions (whether … Continue reading →

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