Manuscript Mondays

Thanksgiving Leftovers:  A Manuscript Society virtual gathering!

Monday, December 4, 2023 – 8:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM Pacific
Moderator: Brian Kathenes

– We’ll chat about our favorite manuscript memories from 2023

– Share a favorite piece from your collection

– Ask questions of fellow members

– Talk about what’s in the works for 2024

This is a Zoom Meeting Format – all mics are open! all cameras are on! Come and join in the fun. A perfect way to end the year with friends and fellow collectors! So undo one more notch on your belt and join us for Thanksgiving Leftovers!

Please Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lfuqprjkoHdMmZv_CLHoKb7RMy71pzxzn

[As this is a meeting, not a webinar, you will not receive a reminder the day of the event]

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Overview

Ken will discuss growing up in the book business and show some of his favorite finds while enjoying “the thrill of the hunt.”  He will also share many fascinating anecdotes about private and institutional collecting, as well as guidelines for building and maintaining a significant collection.

Speaker – Ken Gloss

Ken Gloss is a rare book specialist and appraiser who is frequently seen on national TV. Among the many organizations of which Kenneth Gloss is a member are the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the New England Antiquarian Booksellers of America, the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers Association, the Committee for the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and the Boston Society. He also is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society as well as serving on the Board of Overseers of the USS Constitution Museum.

Moderator: Brian Kathenes
Guest: Ken Gloss
Original Date: November 6th, 2023 – 8PM ET

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Free, Live Webinar   CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS

Monday, October 3, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern, 5:00PM Pacific (U.S. and Canada)

Presenter: Susan Lahey, MA, ISA CAPP

Moderator: Brian Kathenes

In 1772, Emperor Qianlong of China, a prolific poet, major art patron, and insatiable collector, ordered the largest encyclopedic compilation of books in Chinese history.  Within 10 years, a team of more than 350 scholars and hundreds of editors had compiled 36,381 volumes (2.3 million pages) of the Siku Quanshu.  Also known as the Complete Library in Four Sections only seven copies were made. Four of which survive today in Chinese libraries. Learn about this “wikipedia” of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classic texts. In addition learn about the remarkable Qing dynasty and the reign of Emperor Qianlong.

About Susan Lahey:

Susan Lahey, MA, ISA CAPP, is certified appraiser of personal property with a speciality in Asian art, specifically focusing on Chinese decorative and fine art. She is a professional member of the International Society of Appraisers.  Ms. Lahey holds an Honors BA in Chinese Studies from the University of Toronto, an MA in Classical Chinese Literature from the University of British Columbia, a Post-Graduate Diploma with Distinction in Asian Art from the School of Oriental & African Studies (University of London, England) and Sotheby’s Educational Studies.

Susan lived in Taipei, Taiwan for two years. While there she continued her Mandarin studies and traveled extensively in Asia to study Chinese art collections.  She is the President of Eastern Art Consultants Inc., providing independent appraisal, research, advisory and collection management services since 2010.  Previously, she has worked at the Royal Ontario Museum in various capacities. She led the Asian art department of a local Toronto auction house for six years. Ms. Lahey is a highly sought-after instructor of Asian Ceramics and Chinese Decorative Arts specialty courses. Currently she is the President of the Canadian Chapter of the ISA.

Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jA59fLVRQJSd2dfvhzLp3w

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Overview

Join us for an insider’s look at the fascinating life of Charles Darwin, through the incredible autograph collection of Dr. Barton Smith.  Dr. Smith will share some amazing letters and manuscripts from his extensive Darwin collection.

Host: Brian Kathenes
Guest: Dr. Barton Smith
Original Date: September 4th, 2023 – 5PM Pacific

Speaker – Barton Smith

Barton is a retired gastroenterologist, and past president of the Manuscript Society.

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We’ll look at this period through the prism of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s (THNOC) holdings. We will highlight its two most recent additions. They provide a rare look at the final days of the bubble. One is a bound recueil (compendium) of documents related to Law’s banking system, the other a group of 19 arrêts (official state edicts) enacted between April and November of 1720, during the last eight months of the System’s existence.

Host: Brian Kathenes
Guest: Howard Margot
Original Date: August 7, 2023 – 8:00 PM EST

Presenter – Howard Margot

A native New Orleanian and (approx.) 10th-generation Louisianan, Howard Margot is a curator at The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) where he has worked since 2006. Educated in his home state and in France, he has enjoyed working with local French and Spanish manuscripts from his favorite century, the 18th, since 2001.

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