A storybook ending to Heritage Auctions' 'Once Upon a Time' children's book event
Lovingly curated rarities from famed bookseller Justin Schiller realize more than $1.4 million and set a wonderful world record for 'Oz'.
DALLAS, TX
.- Once upon a time Justin Schiller scoured used book stores to gather gems others had missed or ignored. And while still a boy himself in 1956, all of 12 years old, Schiller quickly became synonymous with handling the best of the best in children's literature, and by 1959 founded what became the oldest and finest firm in the country dealing in such specialized rarities.
So it should not surprise that the first-ever auction of Schiller's rarefied collection realized more than $1.4 million Wednesday afternoon, nor that several hundred bibliophiles virtually attended Heritage Auctions' Dec. 16 event titled Once Upon a Time: Rare Children's Literature from Justin G. Schiller, Ltd.