I, Robert Putman, became an antiquarian when I started in February 1976 an antiquarian book, map, print and instrument store in the back of the imposing New Church on the Dam, the very center of Amsterdam on a mere sixty steps distance from the site where once the printing presses of the famous Blaeu Publishing House were standing. The business became virtual when I opened on the 1st of October 2008 The VIRTUAL ANTIQUE & RARE ART - BOOK & MAP FAIR which now exists 10 years. All together the fair has been visited 2,9 million times in this period. Generally speaking, each day, at any time of the day, around 50 visits are made. The 63rd edition started on Apr 1st and continues till May 31st, 2019. Participation in the Fair enables dealers to offer their material to the Fair's visitors.
IN THE HIGHLIGHTS. Special attention is given to a changing group of categories. Presently: OLD (MASTER) PRINTS FRENCH - CYPRUS - SICILY / SARDINIA / ELBA /ISCHIA - ROMANIA / BULGARIA - MALTA MAPS PRINTS WATERCOLOURS. (Click on the respective category in the top of the left column to open the list).
SALES. Browse here the offerings made in ROBERT'S INSTANT SALES with continuous changing content. And also the continuous changing lists of categories. Now: ISRAEL / HOLY LAND SALES - HISTORY OF MEDICINE SALES - BOTANY SALES and MEDITERRANEAN EAST SALES.
In ROBERT'S WANTED LIST in the VIRTUAL ANTIQUE & RARE ART - BOOK & MAP FAIR, a participating dealer may place an announcement inviting offers of a specific item or offers in an specific area of interest.
Collectors are cordially invited to send their name and e-mail address to: virtual@antiquebookprintmap-fair.com in order to receive the mailing of the fair.
THE VIRTUAL ANTIQUE & RARE ART - BOOK & MAP FAIR is devided in 13 sections: FINE ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY / BOOK ART / MANUSCRIPTS - AUTOGRAPHS / CARTOGRAPHY - TOPOGRAPHY & TRAVELS / GLOBES & INSTRUMENTS / EARTH SCIENCES / HUMAN SCIENCES / SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY / WORLD & STATES HISTORY / NATURAL HISTORY / NAUTICA & AERONAUTICA / SPORTS & PASTIMES. In these sections Books, Autographs, Maps and Prints are shown seperately.
The VIRTUAL ANTIQUE & RARE ART - BOOK & MAP FAIR contains a large number of items in a wide variety of old and modern art on paper (silk and vellum), antiquarian and modern rare books, antique and rare atlases, maps & sea-charts and globes, offered to you by professional dealers around the world. The fair is opened permanently, in every edition sold items are withdrawn and new items are constantly added. On the homepage new material in the changing categories 'IN THE HIGHLIGHTS' ; 'SALES' AND 'AUCTIONS' is announced, which makes it worth visiting more than once each edition of the fair.
If you know what you are looking for, you go to a search engine. The VIRTUAL ANTIQUE & RARE ART - BOOK & MAP FAIR is like a 'real world' fair. You browse through the Virtual Fair and find an item of which you did not know its existence. That is the real charm of the Virtual Fair - unique on the internet. If you find an item you want to know more details about, click the 'Contact dealer' button in the right upper corner of the item page. more..
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In the left box you find a hierarchical navigation menu of the items offered, clicking on a menu entry will bring up a submenu, or if you have navigated to the detail level, the list of items offered in the category. Once in the itemlist clicking on an item will show the item in details.
In the right upper corner of the item details page a button is provided to contact the dealer offering the item.
Clicking on the Contact Dealer button will activate an e-mail to the dealer, enter your name and email address and your order or inquiry.
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Each edition of the VIRTUAL FAIR lasts till the start of the next edition of the VIRTUAL FAIR.
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