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PBA Galleries

Name: PBA Galleries
Address: 605 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, US
Telephone: +14159892665

PBA Galleries specializes in exceptional books, photographs and other works printed on paper as well

PBA Galleries is one of the largest and most successful specialty auction houses world-over. Devoted to works on paper and related arts, PBA conducts approximately twenty-five gallery auctions in a calendar year and continuous live auctions of rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. It is PBA Galleries' primary goal to maintain our high level of standards in the

fine arts field and provide the best service to all who are interested in buying and selling at PBA Galleries.

07/01/2026

Last day to find some gems in our timed sale! Head over to PBAgalleries.com and place a bid, you never know when you’ll get lucky 🍀

06/19/2026

Neale Hurston, Baldwin, Angelou, Hooks, Gates, Butler, Morrison, Hugh’s, and countless more.

Names that have changed the world. Responsible for titles that have broadened minds, genres, and ways of thinking. Connecting past, with present, and future.

Today we celebrate these great African American minds. These Black authors, poets, activists, novelists, playwrights, and truth tellers; have changed and influenced American history and culture. We invite you to celebrate them with us this Juneteenth.

Happy Juneteenth from all of us at PBA

06/11/2026

PBA presents!

Sale 865: Klaus Werner Collection of Pacific Voyages part 2

Going live today at 11am PST

06/03/2026

To all our LGBTQIA+ family and friends, we wish you a happy .
We are ecstatic to be holding our premiere Q***r literature sale this month on June 25th! From stickers, pins, and posters, to vintage erotica and original artwork. This sale is shaping up to be one of a kind!
Join us at pbagalleries.com 6/25/26 at 11 am PST, catalogue available online.

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02/18/2026

CALL TO CONSIGN! now taking consignments for our Rare and Antiquarian sale April 16th. Do you have any rare or antique treasures at home waiting to see the light of day? Email us at [email protected] with a brief description and a picture or two, your item may be the gem of our next sale!

02/17/2026

Platinum is upon us! Just Two days before the 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pier 27, San Fransisco. PBA is hosting our PLATINUM book Auction. Featuring rare books and manuscripts.

02/14/2026

Ever wish that you could get your hands on some 1960s q***r s**t? Well, we have GREAT news for you! In next weeks literature and counter culture sale we are debuting our Q***r lit section! Head over to [email protected] to check out our catalogue!
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02/10/2026

Happy Birthday to last weeks Literary Icons

Langston Hughes- Feb 1st 1902
“There is no color line in death”
Poet, social activist, novelist playwright and prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
James Joyce- Feb 2nd 1882
“When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart”
Famed Irish novelist, poet, and one the most influential writers of the early 20th century.
Gertrude Stein- Feb 3rd 1874
“If you can’t say anything nice about someone else, come sit next to me”
American author, poet, playwright, and the infamous host of the Parisian literary and artistic salons of the 1920s.
Charles Dickens-Feb 7th 1812
“What greater gift than the love of a cat”
Famed English author, known as the greatest Victorian novelist, responsible for bringing to life some of the most famous literary characters of all time.

We at PBA salute you and celebrate your amazing contributions to the world of books!

02/05/2026

Coming up this month!
Starting tomorrow with the Klaus Werner collection, followed by our fine literature (featuring q***r lit and art) on Feb 19, and of course our PBA Platinum sale coming up Feb 26! Just in time for the ABAA🫡

See more at PBAgalleries.com

01/28/2026

Literary birthdays of the week!

Virginia Woolf- 25 January 1882- “I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual”

Lewis Carroll- 27 January 1832- “ one of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others”

Zane Grey- 31 January 1872- “I love my work but do not know how I write it”

Norman Mailer- 31 January 1923- “Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing”

Happy Birthday to these giants of the literary world, we thank you for your art and honor your on going legacy.

Address

605 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
94710

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14159892665

Website

http://www.pbagalleries.com/

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