January Brown Bag

Edit: the recording of this event can be viewed on our YouTube channel...

Join the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative on Tuesday, January 28th at 2pm ET, for a Brown Bag Lunch featuring a panel discussion with CABS-Minnesota alums and faculty. They will share their stories and experiences in the in-person, hands-on antiquarian book seminar. Learn how one of the many valuable resources in this niche community, CABS-Minnesota, can benefit you, whether you are an ABAA member, aspiring new rare book dealer, librarian, or collector wanting to build a network with specialists in the trade, meet peers equally passionate about antiquarian materials, and dive deeper into the contemporary rare book market.

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CABS-Minnesota Panel List 

Garrett Scott - Garrett Scott, Bookseller

Garrett Scott has been selling antiquarian books since 1991. He has taught at the CABS-Minnesota antiquarian book seminar since 2015. Garrett is the current director of the seminar. The seminar got its start in Denver in 1977.

Rebecca Romney - Type Punch Matrix

Rebecca Romney is the co-founder of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm based in Washington, D.C., and a CABS alumna from 2017. She is the co-founder of the Honey & Wax Prize, serves on the Board of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA), and on the Board and faculty of the Antiquarian Book Seminars (CABS-Minnesota). Her upcoming book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf (Simon & Schuster; February 2025), chronicles her efforts to build a book collection of Austen's favorite women writers.

 

Alexis and George Sirrakos - Walnut Street Paper

 

Walnut Street Paper is a small, family-owned business based out of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Co-owners Alexis and George Sirrakos have been selling collectible books, ephemera, photographs, and manuscripts since 2018. They carry a diverse inventory and tend to gravitate toward material that is visually and graphically interesting across a range of genres. They are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and were granted membership to the ABAA in July 2024.

 

Rebecca Baumann - Head, Curatorial Services & Curator of Modern Books Associate Librarian, Lilly Library, University of Indiana

 

Rebecca Baumann is the Head of Curatorial Services and Curator of Modern Books at the Lilly Library, the rare book and manuscript library of Indiana University. They are also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Library Science at IU, teaching courses in Rare Book Librarianship, Rare Book Curatorship, and the History of the Book, 1800 to the Present.