Paweł Kołata (born in ’79) – graduate of the Poznań University of Economics, owner of Antykwariat Sobieski for over two decades. He comes from a working-class family where books were a constant part of everyday life. A true bibliophile who has “cut his teeth” on books – both as a collector and a practitioner of the antiquarian market. Fascinated from youth by SF literature, fantasy, horror, as well as comics and broadly understood graphic art.

He began his activity by selling comics on online platforms. In the first years, he funded the company’s budget by selling his own extensive collection of fantasy, which enabled gradual expansion of the offer. Soon, pre-war books, collector’s items, and old prints appeared in the offer. Growing restoration needs led to cooperation with bookbinders, and then to the creation of his own bookbinding workshop, operating to this day with the support of experienced conservators.

The stationary Antykwariat Sobieski, located in the very heart of Kalisz – the oldest city in Poland – currently gathers about 20 thousand volumes, including many rarities and first editions.

We believe that despite the passage of time and the dynamic changes taking place in the modern world, bibliophile traditions are worth nurturing and saving from oblivion.

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TRUST

Our Antiquarian Bookshop is a member of the esteemed Association of Polish Antiquarians and Art Dealers as well as the International Antiquarian Union CINOA. Being our Client, you can be sure that you are buying from a reliable and trustworthy place.

CRAFTSMANSHIP

By choosing our brand, you help us support bookbinding traditions and Polish artistic craftsmanship. You make it possible for us to jointly protect from oblivion disappearing professions such as bookbinding. Our team is a group of experienced craftsmen who love their profession and know their trade inside out. Relying on traditional methods and manual work, they constantly improve their workshop and skills so that our Clients can enjoy a beautiful book.

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