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Series I: Original artwork, 1976-1986
Series III: Performing arts, circa 1954-2016
Series V: Edward Gorey House and Charitable Trust, 2000-2018

Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019

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Series VI: Additions to the Collection

2020

Game:


Box 28 "Mystery! Motive for Murder" A Game by Bruce Glassco, 2015

Magazine:

Box 28 MOE Japanese Manga Magazine , December 2019

Catalogs:

Box 28 35 Minature Books in Designer Bindings. Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1987

Box 28 Specific Collisions Curated by Melissa Gordon. New York: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 2013

Auction Catalogs:

Box 28 Swan Galleries, 4 June 2019

Box 28 Swann Galleries, 10 December 2019

2022

Pin Buttons

Box 28 Three pin buttons: "Tragic Secrets"; "Epistolary Play"; and "Embrace Etceterism"

Bags

Box 28 Two full-color, high-gloss gift bags or trick-or-treat bags printed with various customized illustrations by Edward.


Mapcase 15-J-15 One large shopping bag "Cape Cod Christmas"

Note Cards


Box 28 1 box of note cards titled "unwritten notes"

Cartoon Strip

Box 28 "Frazz" by Jef Mallett