University of Delaware

Behind the book collections

Behind every collection is a story. How did the collector begin amassing the items? When did they begin collecting? Why do they collect those particular items? While every collection is unique, one ...
VTDigger

With a massive comic book collection up for sale, fans remember the woman behind it

Daniel Kandra peruses the stacks at Earth Prime Comics in Burlington on Friday, October 11. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — In a modest Church Street shop with walls splashed red and ...
The Harvard Crimson

The New Faces of Rare Book Collecting: Young Adults Redefine What It Means To Be A Rare Book Collector

What makes a book rare? Historically, books in great demand can gain this golden status through scarcity, condition, and even association with famous former owners. Other characteristics, such as ...
Barron's

Renaissance-Era Book Collection Set to Fetch $25 Million at Sotheby’s

A rare and extensive library of Renaissance-era books amassed by T. Kimball Brooker, a Chicago collector of early printed works and president of Barbara Oil Co., is expected to achieve more than US$25 ...
WKAR

MSU boasts largest publicly accessible comic book collection in the world

A part of MSU's comics collection is located in the library. Most of the pieces are kept in a warehouse offsite. In recent years, superhero movies inspired by comics have become an unavoidable part of ...
Washington Examiner

A defense of book collecting

Summer is the season for book lovers: reading lists full of promising debuts, time for breezy page-turners on the beach, fresh resolve to finish a doorstopper classic like War and Peace. Whatever ...