Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair Goes Virtual | Penta - Barron's

Long-time producer says the switch helps cut costs and expose new audiences to the rare book world, inform Mareesa Nicosia, Freelance Multimedia Journalist.

Rare books and vintage ephemera will be on sale at the Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair.
Photo: Courtesy of Book and Paper Fairs

Every September, the distinctive aroma of old books wafts through the sun-splashed Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint for a couple of days as dealers from around the U.S. and Europe set out their rare volumes and vintage ephemera for sale. This year, however, the annual Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair will make its online debut.
The event, which typically draws up to 2,500 collectors, librarians, and casual browsers, is being hosted Sept. 11-13 on a new digital platform that was built this spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic, event producer Marvin Getman tells Penta...

Items at this year’s Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair range from $50 to $10,000 and include antiquarian books, prints, photos, autographs, and ephemera from 200 dealers. In addition, the event will feature six live webinars and a live interview with Michael Horse, also known as Deputy Hawk, of the television series Twin Peaks. Horse will discuss his visual contribution to the show’s hieroglyphic maps, as well as his own ledger art paintings...

Admission to the event is free, but registration is required. 
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Source: Barron's