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Boris Neslony contributed essays that describe and explain this Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents L.A. Times: "If anyone in the United States is truly a book person, surely it is Nicholas A. Basbanes. For two decades, the literary critic and columnist has cast a fond, even loving eye, on the culture of books, their substance, their wider meaning in society and the people who -- in ways similar and markedly different -- share his passion. His intense engagement with all things bookish shines from every page of his new collection of journalistic pieces, each one sparkling with insights born of total immersion in his beloved subject. Basbanes already has written a handful of indispensable books on this topic, but, as he makes clear in his introduction to "Editions & Impressions," he selected these particular essays "precisely because they are not replicated in any substantial way" in his other published work. The essays are radiant with his joy in discovering and exploring the byways of the book world. And what a world it is, full of fascinating characters and interesting...

Scope and Contents L.A. Times: "If anyone in the United States is truly a book person, surely it is Nicholas A. Basbanes. For two decades, the literary critic and columnist has cast a fond, even loving eye, on the culture of books, their substance, their wider meaning in society and the people who -- in ways similar and markedly different -- share his passion. His intense engagement with all things bookish shines from every page of his new collection of journalistic pieces, each one sparkling with insights born of total immersion in his beloved subject. Basbanes already has written a handful of indispensable books on this topic, but, as he makes clear in his introduction to "Editions & Impressions," he selected these particular essays "precisely because they are not replicated in any substantial way" in his other published work. The essays are radiant with his joy in discovering and exploring the byways of the book world. And what a world it is, full of fascinating characters and interesting...

Scope and Contents From Publishers Weekly: From the late 1950s until her death in 1971, renowned photographer Diane Arbus took pictures of oddball performers at the now-forgotten Hubert's Museum, a typical freak show in New York City's seedy Times Square. One frequent subject was Charlie Lucas, first a freak himself, later an inside talker. In 2003, Bob Langmuir, an anxiety-ridden, pill-popping, obsessive antiquarian book dealer from Philadelphia, unearthed a collection of photographs and memorabilia, including Lucas's journals and what he thought were Arbus's photos. This trove of genuine American kookiness came to dominate his life. Following Langmuir's quest"”from the slums of Philadelphia to the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art"”as he gathered, priced and ultimately came to understand this collection, author Gibson (Gone Boy: A Walkabout), himself an antiquarian book dealer, effortlessly twists these strands together with an emotional wallop. His toil in Hubert's vineyard, Gibson writes of...

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This periodical was distributed as a supplement to the Sunday issue of The Miami Herald, November 29, 2015. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue includes a ten year index of the journal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes an article on the auction record sale of "Alice in Wonderland" for $1.54 million. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue includes a report of the annual meeting in Boston and visits to libraries, historical literary sites and museums in the area. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes an article on the Society annual meeting in Miami. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Although the emphasis in this biography of J.P. Morgan is on his financial dealings, the author devotes considerable space to his art and book acquisitions that occupied him through his later years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898--1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world's great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock.Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim's life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through...

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This a beautifully illustrated review of the Miami art scene that includes several images and a brief description of the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book includes an excellent essay on the art-collecting skills of Gabrielle Keiller. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Marvin Sackner was the guest speaker at the Rowfant Club meeting on March 31, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a pamphlet concerning the Victoria and Albert Museum's resposibility towards the documentation of the history of art and design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition, that was curated by Judith Zilczer, dsplayed a fraction of the early 20th century modern art collected by Quinn, the most important collector of such art in America. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: What is art worth? How can a work by Pablo Picasso be sold for more than $100,000,000? This fascinating book explains the market for art--and art's value for all of us. In straightforward prose that doesn't mystify art or deny its special allure, prominent art dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a close up and personal view of almost a half century in the business of art. He engagingly explains art's three kinds of value: commercial; social; and what he terms its essential value--the range of responses to art that we as individuals have depending on our culture, education, and life experience. Few avid collectors are immune to the thrill of rising market value, but Findlay argues that buying for investment alone is seldom smart. A genuine love of art and the ways it may enrich one's social life also play important roles. Down-to-earth and with a touch of dry wit, he explains exactly how artworks are valued and reveals the workings of the art market....

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The photographs show the banner depicting the Sackners standing on an open book as part of an installation in mid-town Miami during the Basel art fair. Several prominent Miami collectors were painted on banners in a circus side show setting. Sanchez Calderon said that the city was transformed into an art circus when Basel took place, and that inspired his theme. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition featured studio portrait postcards (c.1900-1935) of ordinary British people that were classified according to Phillips in terms of the imagery and content, e.g., Aspidistra; Backgrounds: Studio Seas; Make Believe: Children; Picnic; House: the Terrace; Fantasy Transport: by Car; Dance; Workers: the Factory, etc. Tom Phillips wrote the introduction and James Fenton contributed the Preface: Collecting Postcards. In the latter, Fenton distinguishes between Selective and Accumulative collecting and notes that Phillips' postcards are an excellent example of accumulative collecting. He notes that Phillips has assembled over 50,000 postcards and sorted them into 120 categories. Page 125 in the Pram category depicts Tom Phillips and his brother as babies in a Pram. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.