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Eight copies of Audubon's The Birds of America have sold for more than $1 million.

This is a list of printed books, manuscripts, letters, music scores, comic books, maps and other documents which have sold for more than US$1 million. The dates of composition of the books range from the 7th-century Quran leaf palimpsest and the early 8th-century St Cuthbert Gospel, to a 21st-century autograph manuscript of J. K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The earliest printed book in the list is a Southern Song annotated woodblock edition of the Book of Tang printed c. 1234. The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978.

The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.

Other books featured multiple times on the list are the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays with five separate copies and five separate broadside printings of the United States Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible and The North American Indian with four separate copies each, three copies of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, two printings each of the Emancipation proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, two illustrated folios from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, two copies of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Hortus Eystettensis, Geographia Cosmographia and William Caxton's English translation of Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye have also been repeatedly sold.

Abraham Lincoln and Isaac Newton are the most featured authors, with three separate works, while Albert Einstein, Martin Waldseemüller, George Washington, André Breton, Robert Schumann, and Charlotte Brontë have two separate works each.

Table of book sales

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Price (US$ millions) Title and description Author Year Purchaser Date of sale Image Ref(s)
Inflation-
adjusted 		Original
$63.3 $30.80 Codex Leicester

Notebook comprising a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, in his own hand. Previously owned by Giuseppe Ghezzi, Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester and Armand Hammer.

Leonardo da Vinci 1500s Bill Gates November 1994 [1]
$48.6 $43.2 United States Constitution

First printing. Previously owned by S. Howard Goldman.

Founding Fathers of the United States at the Constitutional Convention 1787 Kenneth C. Griffin November 2021 [2]
$45.5 $38.2 Letters from Zhao Mengfu to his friend Guo Tianxi

Two letters, sold as a set from Yuan dynasty artist Zhao Mengfu to his friend

Zhao Mengfu 1254–1322 November 2019 [3][4]
$43.5 $35 Book of Mormon

Printer's manuscript. Copy of original manuscript produced by Oliver Cowdery. Originally owned by David Whitmer.

Joseph Smith 1830 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints September 2017 [5][6]
$40.3 $31.7[a] Letter from Zeng Gong to his friend (júshì tiè 局事帖)

Believed to be the only surviving original work by the Song dynasty scholar; written on the back of a sheet of paper used for woodblock printing. Previously owned by Xiang Yuanbian (1525–1590).

Zeng Gong c. 1080 Wang Zhongjun May 2016 [7][8]
$38.1 $38.1 Codex Sassoon 1053

A copy of the Hebrew Bible that is contemporary to the Aleppo Codex, and is almost complete and a century older than the Leningrad Codex

– late 9th century Alfred H. Moses for ANU - Museum of the Jewish People May 2023 [9]
$36.5 $21.21 Sherborne Missal

Illuminated missal in use at Sherborne Abbey. Chiefly illuminated by John Siferwas. Previously owned by Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.

– Early 15th century The British Library June 2001 [10]
$35.8 $11.70 Gospels of Henry the Lion

Illuminated gospel book commissioned by Henry the Lion (1129/1131–1195) for use in Brunswick Cathedral.

Order of Saint Benedict 1175 The German government[specify] with support from private donors; now held at the Herzog August Library December 1983 [11]
$31.3 $21.32 Magna Carta

1297 exemplification of the 1216 charter, held by the Brudenell family and later the Perot Foundation.

– 1297 David Rubenstein December 2007 [12][13]
$20.7 $17.06 石壁精舍音註唐書詳節; Shíbì jīngshè yīnzhù Tángshū xiángjiē

"Book of Tang in detailed sections with glosses by 'Stone Wall Studio'". Woodblock printed edition. Copy previously owned by Cao Kun (1862–1938).

Ouyang Xiu (comp.)
Chén Jiàn 陳鑒 (ed.) 		c. 1230s June 2018 [14][15]
$19 $14.34 St Cuthbert Gospel

Pocket gospel book that was buried with Saint Cuthbert (d. 687), removed from his coffin in 1104 and kept at Durham Cathedral. Subsequently owned by Thomas Allen and the English Jesuit College.

– c.710–730 The British Library April 2012 [16][17]
$18.6 $14.20 Bay Psalm Book

First book printed in what is now the United States. Originally owned by the Old South Church.

– 1640 David Rubenstein November 2013 [18][19]
$17.5 $13.60 Rothschild Prayerbook

An illuminated book of hours once in the collections of Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803–1874) and his descendants.

– c. 1505–1510 Kerry Stokes January 2014 [20]
$15.5 $13.20 Einstein-Besso manuscript

54-page manuscript written jointly by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso. One of only two surviving manuscripts documenting the genesis of general relativity.

Albert Einstein, Michele Besso c. 1912–13 November 2021 [21]
$16.5 $12.15This is the auction price of one page out of approximately 750 pages in the complete book. Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.

Ferdowsi c.1525–1535 April 2011 [22]
$16.2 $11.57 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by Henry Witham (1779–1844).

John James Audubon 1827–1838 London art dealer, Michael Tollemache December 2010 [23][24]
$16.6 $10.00 Waldseemüller map

Only surviving copy of the first map to use the name "America" and showing that the Americas were separated from Asia by the Pacific Ocean.

Martin Waldseemüller 1507 The Library of Congress June 2003 [25]
$11.9 $9.98 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies

First Folio edition with autograph letter of authentication by Edmond Malone (1741–1812). Previously owned by Mills College.

William Shakespeare 1623 Stephan Loewentheil October 2020 [26][27]
$13 $9.83 Acts of Congress

George Washington's personal copy of a printed edition of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, with annotations in his own hand.

– 1789 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association June 2012 [28]
$11.7 $9.65 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854).

John James Audubon 1827–1838 an anonymous buyer June 2018 [29][30]
$12 $9.32 Babylonian Talmud

One of 14 complete sets printed by Daniel Bomberg that are known to exist. Previously owned by Richard Bruerne, Westminster Abbey and the Valmadonna Trust Library.

– 1519–1523 Stephan Loewentheil December 2015 [31][32]
$11 $9.19 Yongle Encyclopedia (永樂大典; Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn)

Two volumes (comprising chapters 2268–2269 and 7391–7392) of the manuscript copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia produced between 1562 and 1567 for the Jiajing Emperor. The original copy produced between 1403 and 1408 is now lost, and only about 400 of the 11,095 volumes of the 16th-century copy now survive. These two previously unrecorded volumes in private ownership in France were bought.[33]

– 1567 a Chinese collector from Zhejiang called Jīn Liàng 金亮 July 2020 [34]
$12.7 $9.06 Histoire de ma vie

Autograph manuscript, including pages that at the time had never been published.

Giacomo Casanova 1789 Bibliothèque nationale de France February 2010 [35]
$10.5 $8.80 The Olympic Manifesto

Pierre de Coubertin's 14-page autograph manuscript for his 1892 speech outlining his vision for a modern revival of the ancient Olympic Games.

Pierre de Coubertin 1892 Alisher Usmanov for the Olympic Museum December 2019 [36][37]
$15.6 $8.80 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by George Lane Fox (1793–1848) and subsequently by John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute

John James Audubon 1827–1838 March 2000 [38][39]
$10.4 $8.76 Quran

Manuscript of the Quran written on coloured Chinese (Ming dynasty) paper speckled with gold flecks; produced under the Aq Qoyunlu Confederation (1378–1501) or the Timurid Empire (1370–1507).

– 15th century June 2020 [40]
$9.8 $8.31 Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor

Illuminated Ashkenazi Jewish prayer book previously owned by Samuel David Luzzatto and the Alliance Israélite Universelle

– Late 13th or early 14th century October 2021 [41]
$14.4 $8.14 United States Declaration of Independence

Dunlap broadside #23.

Thomas Jefferson et al. 1776 a consortium of buyers including Norman Lear June 2000 [42]
$14.2 $7.57 The Canterbury Tales

First edition printed by William Caxton in 1477. Copy originally owned by John Radcliffe, then purchased by 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748–1833) in 1776 for £6.

Geoffrey Chaucer 1477 Maggs Bros July 1998 [43][44]
$9 $7.00 The 120 Days of Sodom

Original manuscript. Previously owned by Charles de Noailles. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritier for the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later declared a French national treasure and removed from auction after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud.

Marquis de Sade 1785 April 2014 [45][46]
$7.9 $6.64 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society until 1946, and in possession of the Deerfield Academy from 1973 to 1985.

John James Audubon 1827–1838 December 2019 [47]
$7.5 $6.33 Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.

Ferdowsi c.1525–1535 March 2022 [48]
$8.2 $6.20 The Deeds of Sir Gillion de Trazegnies in the Middle East

Illuminated chivalric romance on vellum originally owned by Louis de Gruuthuse and subsequently by Louis XII of France and William Cavendish

– 1464 December 2012 [49]
$10.6 $6.17 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies

Third issue of the First Folio edition. Copy from the Library of Abel E. Berland; originally owned by Allen Puleston, then by the Dryden baronets of Canons Ashby.

William Shakespeare 1623 Paul Allen October 2001 [50][51]
$7.9 $6.06 Letter from Francis Crick to his son

Letter explaining "the secret of life" written more than a month before the public announcement of the discovery of DNA

Francis Crick 1953 April 2013 [52]
$6.0 $6.0 Action Comics #1

First appearance of Superman

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster 1938 April 2024 [53]
$5.3 $5.3 Superman #1

First issue of the first Superman comic book series, owned by Tony Arnold

Jerry Siegel and

Joe Shuster

1939 January 2022 [54]
$13.5 $5.80 Northumberland Bestiary

Previously owned by the Dukes of Northumberland. Purchased by an anonymous buyer; resold in June 2007 for an unknown amount to the J. Paul Getty Museum.

– c. 1250–1260 an anonymous buyer November 1990 [55]
$7.2 $5.68 Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)

Autograph manuscript by the composer. Given by Alma Mahler to Willem Mengelberg. Later owned by Gilbert Kaplan.

Gustav Mahler 1894 November 2016 [56]
$8.8 $5.62 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy owned by the Providence Athenaeum.

John James Audubon 1827–1838 December 2005 [57]
$15.6 $5.50 Les Liliacées

Copy owned by Empress Joséphine (1763–1814)

Pierre-Joseph Redouté 1802 November 1985 [58]
$14.5 $5.39 Gutenberg Bible

Copy owned by Carrie Estelle Doheny (1875–1958), then donated to St. John's Seminary in California. Purchased by Japanese booksellers Maruzen; resold to Keio University in 1996 for an undisclosed sum.

– 1450–1455 Japanese booksellers Maruzen October 1987 [59]
$7.8 $5.17 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies

Third issue of the First Folio edition. Copy originally owned by William Bates (1625–1699), then acquired by Daniel Williams (c. 1643–1716) in 1699, and held at Dr Williams's Library in London from 1716 until the sale in 2006.

William Shakespeare 1623 London dealer, Simon Finch Rare Books July 2006 [60]
$5.8 $4.86 Quran

Royal Mamluk Quran written for Sultan Qaitbay (1418–1496). Later owned by Hagop Kevorkian (1872–1962).

– 1489 May 2019 [61]
$8.6 $4.59 Burdett Psalter

An illuminated psalter made for Jean de Villiers, who was 22nd Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1285 until 1293.

– 13th century an anonymous private collector June 1998 [62]
$6.8 $4.47 Traité des Arbres Fruitiers

This copy painted between 1804 and 1809

Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1768 December 2006 [63]
$8.1 $4.45 Cornaro Missal

An illuminated missal owned by Cardinal Marco Cornaro (1482–1524) and subsequently by Nathaniel Meyer von Rothschild (1836–1905)

– 1503 July 1999 [64]
$5.2 $4.42 United States Declaration of Independence

Official William J. Stone copy of the Declaration of Independence presented in 1824 to signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Thomas Jefferson et al. 1824 July 2021 [65]
$11.6 $4.34 Nine Symphonies

Autograph manuscript by the composer of symphonies 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1770s an anonymous buyer who gave it to the Pierpont Morgan Library on permanent loan May 1987 [66][67]
$6.1 $4.34 Rules of basketball

Typewritten first draft of the rules by James Naismith.

James Naismith 1892 David Booth, and given to The University of Kansas on permanent loan December 2010 [68][69]
$7.2 $4.17 Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg

Book of Hours painted by Simon Bening for Albrecht of Brandenburg

– 1522–23 June 2001 [70]
$8.8 $4.07 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the University of Edinburgh.

John James Audubon 1827–1838 April 1992 [71]
$5.8 $3.97 The Tales of Beedle the Bard

One of seven copies handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling.

J. K. Rowling 2007 Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox on behalf of Amazon December 2007 [72]
$6 $3.96 Geographia Cosmographia

Copy originally owned by Hieronymus Münzer (1437/47–1508).

Claudius Ptolemy 1477 Bernard Shapero on behalf of a private collector October 2006 [73][74]
$3.92 $3.92 Letter from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella

Printed edition of Letter from Columbus describing his visit to the Americas

Christopher Columbus 1493 October 2023 [75]
$5 $3.86 Torah

Editio princeps of the Pentateuch in Hebrew, with paraphrases in Aramaic, printed in Bologna.

– 1482 an anonymous buyer April 2014 [76][77]
$5.3 $3.78 Emancipation Proclamation

One of 27 surviving copies of the Leland-Boker "Authorized Edition" printed by Frederick Leypoldt to benefit the Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission. Copy owned by Robert F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln 1863 December 2010 [78]
$5.3 $3.77 Rochefoucauld Grail

Three volume illuminated manuscript containing the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Originally owned by Guy VII de La Rochefoucauld. Subsequently owned by Thomas Phillipps and Joost Ritman.

– c. 1315–1323 December 2010 [79]
$4.7 $3.72 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Association copy of the first edition

Isaac Newton 1687 December 2016 [80]
$4.3 $3.63 Book of Hours

Illuminated Book of hours on vellum. Previously owned by Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, Henry Yates Thompson, Charles Fairfax Murray, and Alfred Chester Beatty.

Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus 1440s April 2021 [81]
$4.6 $3.61 Hebrew Bible

Vellum manuscript produced in England, comprising the Pentateuch, Haftarah and the Five Megillot. Previously part of the Valmadonna Trust Library.

– 1189 The Green Collection and donated to the Museum of the Bible December 2015 [82][83]
$4.5 $3.53 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by York Subscription Library and subsequently by the Indiana Historical Society.

John James Audubon 1827–1838 April 2014 [84]
$5.8 $3.49 Symphony No. 9 (Choral)

Copyist's manuscript with annotations by the composer.

Ludwig van Beethoven 1824 an anonymous private collector May 2003 [85]
$4.8 $3.40 Letter from Abraham Lincoln responding to "Little People's Petition"

Response from Lincoln to "Children's Petition to the President asking him to free all the little slave children in this country."

Abraham Lincoln c. 1864 April 2008 [86]
$4.2 $3.33 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for lute or keyboard in E flat major (BWV 998)

Autograph manuscript signed by Bach. Originally owned by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and subsequently by Breitkopf and Alfred Henry Huth

Johann Sebastian Bach c. 1735–1740 July 2016 [87]
$4.6 $3.22 Letter from George Washington to Bushrod Washington

Letter from Washington to his nephew arguing in support of the adoption of the proposed U.S. Constitution

George Washington 1787 December 2009 [88][89]
$4 $3.11 The Gospels of Queen Theutberga

Illuminated gospel book, probably produced at the Benedictine abbey at Metz for a member of the Carolingian dynasty, perhaps Queen Theutberga. Previously owned by Guglielmo Libri and William Tite.

– c.825–850 July 2015 [90]
$5.2 $3.09 Last Address as President

Autograph manuscript of Lincoln's final speech. Previously owned by Joan Whitney Payson.

Abraham Lincoln 1865 March 2002 [91]
$3.4 $3.03 Dune

Storyboard for an unproduced film based on the 1965 science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean Giraud, et al. c. 1975 January 2022 [92]
$7.4 $3.03 Monypenny Breviary

Illuminated breviary originally owned by William Monypenny.

– c. 1490 Pierre Beres July 1989 [93]
$4.2 $2.97 Surrealist Manifesto

Autograph Manuscript owned by Simone Collinet. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritier for the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later declared a French national treasure and removed from auction after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud.

André Breton 1924 May 2008 [94][46]
$3.5 $2.89 "God" letter

Letter written by Einstein to his friend Eric Gutkind explaining his religious beliefs

Albert Einstein 1954 December 2018 [95]
$3.8 $2.88 The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska

Limited edition copy on Japan vellum signed by Curtis

Edward S. Curtis 1907–1930 April 2012 [96]
$3.3 $2.8 Das Große Stammbuch

An album amicorum (book of friendship) comprising paintings and drawing by many different artists, collected by Philipp Hainhofer between 1596 and 1633.

– 1596–1633 The Herzog August Library August 2020 [97]
$3.7 $2.77 Portolan Atlas Battista Agnese 1542–46 April 2012 [98]
$3.5 $2.75 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies

Third issue of the First Folio edition. Copy originally owned by Robert Edwards, then by George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804).

William Shakespeare 1623 a private collector in the US May 2016 [99][100]
$7 $2.70 Psalter and Hours of Elizabeth de Bohun

Illuminated manuscript originally owned by Elizabeth de Bohun. Subsequently purchased for an unknown amount.

– 14th century The Green Collection and donated to the Museum of the Bible 1988 [101][102]
[103]
$3.5 $2.57 Imhof Prayerbook

Illuminated by Simon Bening. Earliest dated work by Bening

– 1511 July 2011 [104]
$4 $2.56 Doria Atlas

Composite atlas comprising a mixture of manuscript and printed maps dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries; commissioned by Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539–1606).

– 1570–1620 Bernard Shapero October 2005 [105]
$3.2 $2.55 Hortus Eystettensis

Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition. Originally owned by Giovanni Faber.

Basilius Besler 1613 July 2016 [106]
$3.3 $2.52 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Presentation copy of the first edition given to James II by Newton

Isaac Newton 1687 December 2013 [107]
$4.6 $2.50 The First Book of Urizen

One of eight surviving copies of the original hand-printed, colour-illustrated book. Copy owned by John Hay Whitney (1904–1982).

William Blake 1794 a private collector April 1999 [108]
$4.2 $2.50 On the Road

Original scroll.

Jack Kerouac 1951 Jim Irsay May 2001 [109]
$3.5 $2.48 Quran leaf palimpsest

One of the earliest quranic manuscripts known

– Mid 7th century April 2008 [110]
$6.5 $2.42 Biblia pauperum (The Gotha-Doheny Copy) – 1460–1470 October 1987 [111][59]
$3.1 $2.41 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Copy signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and various members of Congress. One of 3 "Senate" copies of vellum. Previously owned by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

– 1864 May 2016 [112]
$11.2 $2.40 Gutenberg Bible

Copy owned by the Pforzheimer Foundation.

– 1450–1455 The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin 1978 [113]
$3 $2.40 De libris revolutionum eruditissimi viri...Doctoris Nicolai Copernici… Narratio prima

First Edition of the first account of Copernicus's heliocentrism

Georg Joachim Rheticus 1540 July 2016 [114]
$3.2 $2.40 Machzor

Florentine illuminated manuscript on vellum

– 1490s May 2011 [115]
$3.3 $2.36 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies (First Folio)

Third issue of the First Folio edition. Copy owned by Lord Hesketh (1916–1955).

William Shakespeare 1623 December 2010 [116]
$3.4 $2.34 Quran

Signed Yahya Bin Muhammad Inn 'Umar, Probably Mesopotamia. Previously owned by Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955) and the Hispanic Society of America

– 1203 October 2007 [117]
$4.7 $2.30 Symphony No. 2

Autograph manuscript by the composer.

Robert Schumann 1846–47 Robin Lehman December 1994 [118]
$3.1 $2.21 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreius in 1543. Copy originally owned by Nicolas-Joseph Foucault [fr] (1643–1721) and subsequently by Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987).

Nicolaus Copernicus 1543 June 2008 [119]
$4.1 $2.20 Archimedes Palimpsest

Palimpsest manuscript of On the Equilibrium of Planes, On Floating Bodies, The Method of Mechanical Theorems, On Spiral Lines, On the Sphere and the Cylinder, On the Measurement of the Circle, and Stomachion.

Archimedes late 10th century October 1998 [120]
$10.3 $2.20 Gutenberg Bible

Copy owned by the General Theological Seminary in New York.

– 1450–1455 Bernard H. Breslauer on behalf of the Württembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart April 1978 [121]
$2.8 $2.17 Emancipation Proclamation

One of 27 surviving copies of the Leland-Boker "Authorized Edition" printed by Frederick Leypoldt to benefit the Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission. Signed by Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward

Abraham Lincoln 1863 May 2016 [122]
$2.5 $2.13 Almanac Book of Hours

Illuminated book of hours on vellum. Originally made for Marie de Balsac

Master of the Monypenny Breviary 1490s July 2020 [123]
$2.9 $2.10 A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America Layd Down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783

First map of the United States published in America. Previously owned by William L. Dayton and the New Jersey Historical Society.

Abel Buell 1784 December 2010 [124]
$3.6 $2.10 Letter from Szilard and Einstein to President Roosevelt

Typed letter written by Leo Szilard and signed by Albert Einstein warning that Nazi Germany might develop nuclear weapons and suggesting the US should start its own nuclear program.

Leo Szilard 1939 March 2002 [125]
$2.2 $2.10 United States Declaration of Independence

Broadside printed by John Rogers based on the Pennsylvania Evening Post

Thomas Jefferson et al. 1776 May 2022 [126]
$2.6 $2.05 Like a Rolling Stone

Handwritten working lyrics by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan 1965 June 2014 [127]
$2.6 $2.02 Symphony No. 2

Autograph manuscript by the composer

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1908 May 2014 [128]
$2.6 $1.95 Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Book of hours originally owned by Galeazzo Maria Sforza, and subsequently by William Waldorf Astor

– 1471–1476 July 2011 [129]
$2.8 $1.88 Kufic Quran

Almost complete manuscript on vellum, produced in North Africa or the Middle East. Previously owned by Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955) and the Hispanic Society of America

– Early 10th century October 2007 [130]
$2.8 $1.87 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Copy signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and various members of Congress

– 1864 March 2006 [63]
$2.4 $1.85 Opera (Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneid, with argumenta)

Second printed edition of the works of Virgil, published in Venice by Vindelinus de Spira in 1470

Virgil 1470 June 2013 [131]
$2.4 $1.85 Missal

Illuminated by the Master of the Prayerbook of Albrecht V

– 1430–35 July 2014 [132]
$2.4 $1.85 Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

Translated and printed by William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) in Bruges; the first printed book in English and the first book printed by Caxton. Previously owned by George Hibbert, John Wilks and Thomas Phillipps.

Raoul Lefèvre 1464 July 2014 [133]
$8.4 $1.80 Gutenberg Bible

Copy originally owned by George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804).

– 1450–1455 Gutenberg Museum in Mainz March 1978 [134]
$2.7 $1.79 Album of watercolours Pierre Gourdelle 1555 2006 [63]
$2.3 $1.76 Liber Insularum Archipelagi

Illuminated Atlas of the Greek Islands on vellum. Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps.

Cristoforo Buondelmonti 1450 April 2012 [135]
$2.2 $1.73 Double plate from King Ottokar's Sceptre Hergé 1939 October 2015 [136]
$3.2 $1.71 The Birds of America

One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by the Young Men's Association of the City of Buffalo (later Buffalo & Erie County Public Library).

John James Audubon 1827–1838 April 1997 [137]
$2 $1.70 Revisions to Principia Mathematica

Newton's autograph manuscript revisions to three sections of the first edition of the Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Originally owned by David Gregory.

Isaac Newton 1694 July 2021 [138]
$3.2 $1.69 Wycliffe New Testament

Vellum New Testament in later version, translated into Middle English by Wycliffe and John Purvey. Previously owned by Alexander Peckover and Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

John Wycliffe 1st half of the 15th century December 2016 [139]
$2.5 $1.67 Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem presented by Tahmasp to Selim II. Illustration attributed to Aqa Mirak. Previously owned by Edmond de Rothschild and Arthur A. Houghton Jr.

Ferdowsi c.1530–1540 October 2006 [140]
$2.3 $1.67 Le livre des propriétés des choses

Translation into French by Jean Corbechon of De proprietatibus rerum. Originally made for Charles V of France.

Bartholomeus Anglicus c. 1390 July 2010 [141]
$3.1 $1.65 De humani corporis fabrica

The only known completely coloured copy. Probably the presentation copy given to Charles V by Vesalius in 1543.

Andreas Vesalius 1543 March 1998 [142]
$2.2 $1.60 The Watsons

Autograph manuscript of a draft for the unfinished novel. Originally owned by Cassandra Austen

Jane Austen 1803 July 2011 [143]
$2.2 $1.59 Apple computer contract

Original Apple Partnership Agreement, signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne

– 1976 December 2011 [144]
$2.1 $1.56 Description de l'Égypte

First edition copy originally owned by Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier (1775–1835)

Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte 1817–1830 May 2011 [145]
$2 $1.55 Arabic-English Lexicon

Fair copy. Commissioned by Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland

Edward William Lane 1842–1876 October 2014 [146]
$2.7 $1.55 Circe

Autograph manuscript of chapter of Ulysses with additions, revisions and reworkings by Joyce in the margins. Originally owned by John Quinn.

James Joyce 1920 The National Library of Ireland December 2000 [147]
$2.9 $1.54 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

First edition copy originally owned by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)

Lewis Carroll 1865 December 1998 [148]
$5.5 $1.50 Jami' al-tawarikh

59 folios from the second volume of the "Arabic Manuscript".

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Early 14th century Nasser Khalili for the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art 1980 [149][101]
$1.8 $1.50 United States Declaration of Independence

Broadside printed by John Holt. One of only five surviving Holt broadsides. Originally owned by Colonel David Mulford

Thomas Jefferson et al. 1776 January 2018 [150]
$1.9 $1.45 The Federalist Papers: No. 4

Autograph draft manuscript. Originally owned by Jay's sons Peter and William.

John Jay 1787 December 2015 [151]
$1.9 $1.44 The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska Edward S. Curtis 1907–1930 October 2012 [152]
$1.9 $1.44 Letter from George Washington to John Armstrong Sr.

Letter from Washington explaining his private thoughts on the U.S. Constitution

George Washington 1788 June 2013 [153]
$1.9 $1.43 Murphy

Autograph Manuscript. Originally owned by Brian Coffey.

Samuel Beckett 1936 July 2013 [154]
$3.3 $1.43 The Federalist

Copy originally owned by George Washington (1732–1799)

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison 1788 January 1990 [102]
$2.2 $1.42 The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska Edward S. Curtis 1907–1930 October 2005 [155]
$2.4 $1.41 Hortus Eystettensis

Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition

Basilius Besler 1613 November 2001 [156]
$2 $1.41 Epistolae

First edition of the enlarged recension of the letters of Hieronymus (Saint Jerome), printed on vellum in Mainz by Peter Schöffer. Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps.

Jerome 1470 July 2010 [157]
$2 $1.40 Poisson Soluble

Autograph manuscript owned by Simone Collinet

André Breton 1924 May 2008 [158]
$1.8 $1.38 Illustrated folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II

From the illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's epic poem previously owned by Rudolf Martin. Illustration attributed to Burji.

Ferdowsi c.1577 April 2012 [159]
$1.7 $1.33 Opticks

Presentation copy of the first edition given by Newton to Edmond Halley. Inscribed "Luceo. Ex dono doctissimi Authoris" on title page by Halley.

Isaac Newton 1704 December 2015 [160]
$1.7 $1.29 The Complete Book of the Medical Art

Earliest known copy of the work. Previously owned by Baha' al-Din al-'Amili

'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi c.980 October 2014 [161]
$1.9 $1.29 Atlas of England and Wales

First printed atlas of England and Wales and set of five maps and plates illustrating Drake's expedition to the West Indies, 1585-1586. London, 1588]-1589

Christopher Saxton 1579–90 March 2007 [162]
$1.7 $1.28 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreius in 1543

Nicolaus Copernicus 1543 November 2011 [163]
$1.6 $1.26 Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

Translated and printed by William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) in Bruges; the first printed book in English and the first book printed by Caxton. Copy previously owned by 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.

Raoul Lefèvre 1464 July 1998 [164]
$1.5 $1.26 Marvel Comics #1 Martin Goodman 1939 November 2019 [165]
$1.9 $1.25 Hours of the Cross

Illuminated manuscript on vellum original owned by John, Duke of Berry and subsequently by Beatrice of Portugal and Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton.

– 1425–1435 December 2006 [166]
$1.4 $1.25 A Book of Ryhmes

Miniature manuscript, one of 17 'little' books written by Brontë when she was a child. Purchased by Friends of the National Libraries and subsequently donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

Charlotte Brontë 1829 April 2022 [167]
$1.6 $1.24 Exposition Abrégée Du Système Du Monde Selon Les Principes De Monsieur Newton

Handwritten manuscript of translation into French of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Émilie du Châtelet 1745–49 October 2015 [168]
$1.6 $1.22 Summa de arithmetica

First edition of the first vernacular book on algebra and the first description of double-entry bookkeeping

Luca Pacioli 1494 June 2019 [169]
$1.6 $1.21 American Pie

Handwritten working lyrics by Don McLean

Don McLean 1971 April 2015 [170]
$1.7 $1.20 A Day in the Life

Handwritten lyrics by John Lennon

John Lennon 1967 June 2010 [171]
$1.4 $1.18 United States Declaration of Independence

Broadside printed by E. Russell

Thomas Jefferson et al. 1776 January 2018 [172]
$1.8 $1.17 Diaries

Six volumes of the author's diaries from 1805 to 1814.

Stendhal 1805–1814 preemptively purchased prior to auction by the French state; now held at the Musée Stendhal in Grenoble June 2006 [173][63]
$1.4 $1.17 Frankenstein

First edition. One of only 500 copies of the original run.

Mary Shelley 1818 September 2021 [174]
$3.1 $1.16 On the Theory of Relativity

Handwritten manuscript

Albert Einstein 1912 December 1987 [175]
$1.4 $1.14 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Author's own copy of the first edition

Adam Smith 1776 December 2018 [176]
$1.4 $1.14 Tuhfat al-Ahrar

Timurid or early Safavid Persian manuscript on variously coloured gold-speckled paper

Jami Early 16th century June 2020 [177]
$1.5 $1.11 Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Autograph manuscript by the composer

Robert Schumann 1853 November 2011 [178]
$1.3 $1.10 Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard

Autograph Manuscript

Stéphane Mallarmé 1897 October 2015 [179]
$4.9 $3.6 Amazing Fantasy #15

First appearance of Spider-Man

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko 1962 September 2021 [1]
$1.3 $1.09 Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis

The Angel of Bounty and the arrival of the Second Heaven of Pearls

– c. 1465 October 2019 [180]
$1.4 $1.08 Geographia tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diverse autori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con i disegni di molte citta et fortesse

Italian assembled-to-order atlas

Antonio Lafreri 1592 April 2012 [181]
$1.5 $1.07 Detective Comics #27

First appearance of Batman

Bob Kane and Bill Finger 1939 2010 [182]
$1.7 $1.07 Naturalis Historia

Printed in Rome on vellum

Pliny the Elder 1470 October 2005 [183]
$1.4 $1.07 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreius in 1543

Nicolaus Copernicus 1543 November 2013 [184]
$1.4 $1.07 Young Men's Magazine

Miniature manuscript, one of six 'little' books written by Brontë. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritier for the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Later purchased by the Brontë Parsonage Museum for $873,600 after Lhéritier's arrest for fraud

Charlotte Brontë 1830 December 2011 [185][186]
$1.3 $1.05 On the Origin of Species

Third edition with autograph annotations for second German edition. Originally owned by Heinrich Georg Bronn.

Charles Darwin 1861 December 2017 [187]
$1.5 $1.05 The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska

Portfolio and Volumes 1–16

Edward S. Curtis 1907–1930 October 2007 [188]
$1.2 $1.04 Letter by John Hancock announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

Manuscript letter signed by Hancock as President of Congress

John Hancock 1776 January 2020 [189]
$1.2 $1.03 Opera

First edition of the complete works of Plato in any language. Translated into Latin by Marsilio Ficino and printed by Lorenzo de Alopa.

Plato 1485 April 2021 [190]
$1.3 $1.03 Composition Notebook

Autograph wartime manuscript of mathematical notes. Left in Turing's will to Robin Gandy.

Alan Turing 1944 April 2015 [191]
$1.4 $1.02 Geographia Cosmographia

First Ulm edition

Claudius Ptolemy 1482 June 2009 [192]
$1.3 $1.02 Babe Ruth's contract with the Boston Red Sox

Signed by Ruth, Ban Johnson and Harry Frazee

– 1918 July 2014 [193]
$1.2 $1.02 Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis

The Two Hells reserved for Misers and Flatterers

– c. 1465 October 2019 [194]
$1.8 $1.01 À la recherche du temps perdu vol. 1: Du côté de chez Swann

First galley proofs of "Du côté de chez Swann". Given to Robert Proust (1873–1935) by the author.

Marcel Proust 1913 June 2000 [195]
$1.6 $1.00 Waldseemüller gores

Waldseemüller map printed in gores format to be made into globe

Martin Waldseemüller 1507 June 2005 [196]

Books and manuscripts by century

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Century Number sold
pre 10th 3
10th 3
11th 1
12th 2
13th 6
14th 5
15th 32
16th 23
17th 14
18th 17
19th 31
20th 26
21st 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 207 million Chinese yuan

References

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  18. ^ "Bay Psalm Book is most expensive printed work at $14.2m". BBC News. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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  20. ^ "Sale 2819: Renaissance : Lot 157: The Rothschild Prayerbook, a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Einstein-Besso Manuscript on General Relativity Sells for $13.2 Million". Fine Books and Collections. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  22. ^ "The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, part one: Arts of the Islamic World 78 Faridun in the Guise of a Dragon Tests his Sons: Illustrated Folio (F.42) From the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, Attributed to Aqa Mirak, Persia, Tabriz, Royal Atelier, circa 1525-35". Sotheby's. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick 2nd Lord Hesketh : Lot 50: Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick 2nd Lord Hesketh". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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  25. ^ "Library of Congress Completes Purchase of Waldseemüller Map". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Sale 19032 : The Exceptional Sale : Lot 12 : SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. Edited by John Heminges (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627). London: Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623". Christies. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  27. ^ Serjeant, Jill. "First collection of Shakespeare's plays sells for almost $10 million". Reuters. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  28. ^ "Post-Sale Release: George Washington's Acts of Congress - New York, 22 June 2012". Christies. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  29. ^ "Sale 16423: The Portland Audubon : Lot 1". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  30. ^ Rego Barry, Rebecca. "The "Portland Audubon" Sells for $9.65 Million". Fine Books & Collections. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  31. ^ "The Valmadonna Trust Library: Part I : Magnificent Manuscripts and the Bomberg Talmud : Lot 12: The Complete Babylonian Talmud, Printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, Comprising tractates from the First (1519/20-1523) and Second (1525-1539) Editions". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  32. ^ "Record Breaking Judaica Sale at Sotheby's". The New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  33. ^ Guo Kuangchao 郭匡超 (9 July 2020). "太珍貴！《永樂大典》手抄本拍賣成交價台幣2.7億元". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  34. ^ "Chine - XVIe Siècle : Lot 231 : Deux rares albums Yongle Dadian". Beaussant Lefèvre. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  35. ^ Lee Harris, Rachel. "Racy Memoir for the French National Library". New York Times. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  36. ^ Loft, Halina (18 December 2019). "The Original Olympic Manifesto Brings Home the Gold". Sotheby's. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  37. ^ "Alisher Usmanov donates £6.8m Olympic manifesto to Games museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  38. ^ "Sale 9326: Books and Manuscripts : Lot 39: Audubon, John James (1785-1851). The Birds of America; from Original Drawings. London: Published by the Author, 1827-1838". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  39. ^ "#5.5m for classic bird book found in Bute nest". The Herald (Glasgow). 11 March 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  40. ^ "Sale 18371 : Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets : Lot 157: A Timurid or Aqquyunlu Qur'an on Chinese Paper". Christies. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  41. ^ "The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor, Southern Germany: Late 13th-Early 14th Century". Sotheby's. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  42. ^ "Declaration of Independence Fetches $8.14 Million Online". Antiques and the Arts Weekly. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  43. ^ "Sale 6012: Wentworth : Lot 2: Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1345-1400). The Canterbury Tales. [Westminster: William Caxton, late 1476 or 1477]". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  44. ^ "Canterbury Tales fetches record £4.6m". BBC News. 9 July 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  45. ^ Willsher, Kim. "Original Marquis de Sade scroll returns to Paris". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  46. ^ a b "France saves Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom from auction". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  47. ^ "250 John James Audubon - The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon. London: Published by the Author, 1827–1838". Sotheby's. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  48. ^ "Rustam kicking away the boulder pushed by Bahman". Christie's. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  49. ^ "Old Master & British paintings Evening Sale including three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth 51 Louis de Gruuthuse's copy of the Deeds of Sir Gillion de Trazegnies in the Middle East, in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [southern Netherlands (Antwerp or perhaps Bruges), dated 1464]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  50. ^ "Sale 9878: The Library of Abel E. Berland : Lot 100: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627). London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  51. ^ "Shakespeare First Folio Tops $5M". CBS News. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  52. ^ "The Francis Crick 'Secret of Life' Letter: A remarkable letter to his son, revealing one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  53. ^ "Superman's Action Comics No. 1 sells for record $6.0 million". 25 August 2014.
  54. ^ "Mile High Copy of Superman #1 Sells for Record $5.3 Million | CGC". www.cgccomics.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  55. ^ "Medieval manuscript lost to the North East can now be seen again". Chronicle Live. Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  56. ^ "Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts : Lot 36: Mahler, Gustav The Autograph Manuscript of the Second Symphony ("The Resurrection"), the Complete Work in Five Movements". Sotheby's. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  57. ^ "Sale 1561: John James Audubon's Birds of America". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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  59. ^ a b "Gutenberg Bible Is Sold for Record $4.9 Million". Los Angeles Times. 23 October 1987. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  60. ^ "English Literature, History, Fine Bindings, Private Press and Children's Books, Including the First Folio of Shakespeare : Lot 95: Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published According to the True Originall Copies. Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount (Printed at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke and W. Aspley), 1623". Sotheby's. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  61. ^ "Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets Lot 11". Christie's. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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  64. ^ "Sale 6179 : The Collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild : Lot 101: MISSAL, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  65. ^ "This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll's Copy of the Declaration of Independence". Freeman's. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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  67. ^ "Mozart Scores Auctioned for Record $4.3 Million". Los Angeles Times. 23 May 1987. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  68. ^ "Sale Number: N08735 : James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball". Sotheby's. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  69. ^ Keegan, Tom (10 December 2010). "Booths purchase original Naismith basketball rules at auction for more than $4 million". Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  70. ^ "The Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg, illuminated by Simon Bening, use of Rome". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  71. ^ "Sale 7482: New York, Park Avenue : Lot 2: Audubon, John James. The Birds of America; from Original Drawings. London: Published by the Author 1827-1828". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  72. ^ "English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations : Lot 311A: Rowling, J.K. Autograph Manuscript of the Tales of Beedle the Bard Translated from the Original Runes by J.K. Rowling". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  73. ^ "The Wardington Library Part 2 : Lot 394: Ptolemaeus, Claudius (c.90–c.168)". Sotheby's. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  74. ^ "Old atlas breaks auction record". BBC News. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  75. ^ "Epistola de insulis nuper inventis". Christies. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  76. ^ "Sale 3587 : Importants livres anciens, livres d'artistes et manuscrits : Lot 36: Bible, Pentateuch, in Hebrew - Hamishah humshe Torah, with paraphrase in Aramaic ( Targum Onkelos ) and commentary by Rashi (Solomon ben Isaac). Edited by Joseph Hayim ben Aaron Strasbourg Zarfati. Bologna: Abraham ben Hayim of Pesaro for Joseph ben Abraham Caravita, 5 Adar I [5] 242 = 25 January 1482". Christies. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  77. ^ "1482 Torah book fetches record $3.87 million at Paris auction". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  78. ^ "The Kennedy-Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  79. ^ "Western Manuscripts and Miniature: 33 - The Rochefoucauld Grail, in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [eastern Artois or western Flanders (most probably Saint-Omer, Tournai or Ghent), c.1315-23]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  80. ^ "Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727, knighted 1705). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. [Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743)]. London: Joseph Streater for the Royal Society [at the expense of Edmond Halley], to be sold by Samuel Smith and other booksellers, 1687". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  81. ^ "Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus (active 1430-1450)". Christies. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  82. ^ "The Valmadonna Trust Library: Part I Magnificent Manuscripts and the Bomberg Talmud : Lot 7: Hebrew Bible: Pentateuch with Haftarot and the Five Scrolls, England: 15 Tammuz 4949=2 July 1189". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  83. ^ "Codex Valmadonna". Museum of the Bible. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  84. ^ "John James Audubon: the Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America : Lot 101". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  85. ^ "Manuscript of Beethoven's 9th sells for almost EUR3 million". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  86. ^ "Presidential and other American Manuscripts from the Dr. Robert Small Trust 85 Lincoln, Abraham, as Sixteenth President". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  87. ^ "Sale 12139: Valuable Books and Manuscripts : Lot 129: BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  88. ^ "Washington, George. Autograph letter signed (G:o Washington) to Bushrod Washington, 9 November 1787. 4 pages, large folio, expert, discreet mends to creases". Christie's. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  89. ^ "George Washington letter smashes auction record". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  90. ^ "Sale 10455 : Valuable Books and Manuscripts Including Cartography : Lot 20: The 'Gospels of Queen Theutberga' in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum [Lotharingia, perhaps Metz, c.825–850 (before 835?)]". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  91. ^ "Lot105 While the crowd was assembling in front of the house and before the President went up-stairs to the window from which he was to speak, I was with him, and noticed that he carried a roll of manuscript in his hand From a point of concealment behind the window drapery I held a light while he read, dropping the pages of his written speech one by one upon the floor as he finished them. Little Tad scrambled around on the floor, importuning his father to give him 'another,' as he collected the sheets of paper fluttering from the President's hand.". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  92. ^ "HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986), Alejandro JODOROWSKY (né en 1926), Jean GIRAUD (1938-2012) et d'autres". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  93. ^ "Shah pays top price at second-hand car sale". heraldscotland.com. Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  94. ^ "Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Nine Manuscripts by Andre Breton from the Simone Collinet Collection 201 Manifeste du surréalisme. Manuscrit autographe. [Lorient-Paris, juillet-août 1924]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  95. ^ "Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Eric Gutkind, Princeton, 3 January 1954". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  96. ^ "Sale 2622 : Important Books, Atlases and Manuscripts: The Private Library of Kenneth Nebenzahl : Lot 38: Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952). The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass.], 1907-1930". Christies. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  97. ^ Flood, Alison (2020-08-28). "German library pays £2.5m for 'friendship book', 400 years after it first tried to buy it". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  98. ^ "Agnese, Battista (c. 1500-1564)]. Portolan atlas of the world. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum. [Venice, c. 1542-46". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  99. ^ "Sale 13519 : Shakespeare: The Four Folios : Lot 101: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627). London: Isaac Jaggard, and Edward Blount at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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  102. ^ a b Reif, Rita. "Auctions". New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  103. ^ "Hours and Psalter of Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton". Museum of the Bible. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  104. ^ "Sale 7982 : The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts, Part III : Lot 26: The Imhof Prayerbook, illuminated by Simon Bening, in Latin and Dutch, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  105. ^ "The Library of Lord Wardington: Important Atlases and Geographies Part One : Lot 143: Doria Atlas". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  106. ^ "Besler, Basilius (1561-1629). Hortus Eystettensis. [Nuremberg]: 1613". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  107. ^ "Sale 2751 : Fine Printed Books & Manuscript Including Americana : Lot 170: Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727, knighted 1705). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. [Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743).] London: Joseph Streater for the Royal Society [at the expense of Edmond Halley], to be sold by various booksellers, 1687". Christies. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  108. ^ Kotter, Holland (24 April 1999). "Rare Blake Book Sells for $2.5 Million at Sotheby's". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  109. ^ "Kerouac, Jean Louis Lebris de (Jack), 1922-1969. Typescript scroll of On the Road (published 1957), comprising the first draft of the definitive Beat Generation novel, the working draft from which the published novel derives. Typed by Kerouac in New York City in a 20-day marathon between April 2 and 22, 1951". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  110. ^ "A Qur'an Leaf Palimpsest on Vellum Probably Madina, mid 7th Century". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  111. ^ Bodleian Library; Alan Edward Coates (2005). A Catalogue of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: Blockbooks; woodcut and metalcut single sheets; A. Oxford University Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-19-951905-7.
  112. ^ "Two Centuries of American History 79 Abraham Lincoln, as sixteenth President An extremely rare Manuscript copy of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, signed and endorsed by Abraham Lincoln "Approved. February 1, 1865.")". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  113. ^ "Gutenberg Bible Census". 27 November 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  114. ^ "Rheticus Georg Joachim (1514-1574). De libris revolutionum eruditissimi viri...Doctoris Nicolai Copernici… Narratio prima. Gdansk: Franz Rhode, 1540". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  115. ^ "Mahzor, book containing prayers for the feasts of the liturgical year, in Hebrew, illuminated manuscript on vellum". Christie's. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  116. ^ "Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick 2nd Lord Hesketh : Lot 13: Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the true Original copies. London: Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blound (Printed at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke and W. Aspley), 1623". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  117. ^ "Sale 7428 : Art of The Islamic and Indian World : Lot 20: Qur'an". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  118. ^ "Schumann's 2nd Symphony Score Sells for $2.3 Million". LA Times. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  119. ^ "Sale 2013: Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library : Lot 60: Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri V. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  120. ^ "Sale 9058: The Archimedes Palimpsest : Lot 1: Archimedes (ca. 287 - 212 BC). On the Equilibrium of Planes; On Floating Bodies; The Method of Mechanical Theorems; On Spiral Lines; On the Sphere and the Cylinder; On the Measurement of the Circle; Stomachion, all in Greek. Palimpsest Manuscript on Vellum (upper text: Euchologion, in Greek, 12th century)". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  121. ^ Reif, Rita (8 April 1978). "Gutenberg Bought at Auction for $2 Million for Stuttgart Library". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  122. ^ "Two Centurreis of American History 78 Abraham Lincoln, as sixteenth President The "Authorised Edition" of the Emancipation Proclamation, Signed by President Abraham Lincoln". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  123. ^ "Master of the Monypenny Breviary and associates The Almanac Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bourges, c. 1490s]". Christie's. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  124. ^ "Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana: Buell, Abel (1742-1822). A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America Layd Down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783. Humbly Inscribed to his Excellency the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut By their Most Obedient and Very Humble Servant Abel Buell. New Haven: Abel Buell, 1784". Christies. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  125. ^ "Einstein, Albert. Typed letter signed (A. Einstein) To President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Peconic, Long Island, 2 August 1939, 1½ pages, 4to (10 7/8 by 8½ in.), on one side each of two sheets of typewriter bond paper, tiny punctures in upper right corners from stapling faint penciled note by Leo Szilard at top: Original, not sent!". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  126. ^ "A rare, contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence". Christies. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  127. ^ "Bob Dylan Original Working Autograph Manuscript of "Like a Rolling Stone" - The Final Draft Lyrics as Recorded [June, 1965]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  128. ^ "The Autograph Manuscript of the Second Symphony in E Minor, OP.27". Sotheby's. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  129. ^ "Sale 7982 : The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts, Part III : Lot 18: The Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, use of Rome, in Latin and Italian, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  130. ^ "Art of The Islamic and Indian World : Lot 10: Property from the Hispanic Society of America, Deaccessioned by Order of the Trustees to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund an Almost Complete Kufic Qur'an". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  131. ^ "Sale 1176 : Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts Lot 82: Vergilius Maro, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera (Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneid, with argumenta). Venice: Vindelinus de Spira, 1470". Christies. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  132. ^ "Lot 11 Missal, use of Udine, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Vienna, c.1430-35]". Christie's. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  133. ^ "English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations : Lot 502: Lefèvre, Raoul Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye [Translated by William Caxton]. [Ghent or Bruges: David Aubert For] William Caxton, [C. 1473-74]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  134. ^ Kirshenbaum, Sandra (1978). Fine Print. S. Kirshenbaum. pp. 102–. Early in March Mr. Kraus sold his Bible, known as the Shuckburgh copy, to the Gutenberg Museum of Mainz for $1,800,000, the highest price ever paid.
  135. ^ "Buondelmonti, Cristoforo (Florence c. 1385-not before 1430 probably Greece). Liber Insularum Archipelagi. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, in Latin. [Italy, perhaps Florence, c. 1450". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  136. ^ "Hergé (1907-1983) Tintin, le sceptre d'Ottokar". Sotheby's. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  137. ^ "Sale 8626: Printed Books and Manuscripts : Lot 5: Audubon, John James. The Birds of America; from Original Drawings. [Volumes I-III, containing plates 1-300, lacking vol. IV]. London: Published by the Author, 1827-1836". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  138. ^ "Isaac Newton Revising his Magnum Opus". Christies. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  139. ^ "The Bible Collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell RYRIE 9 John Wycliffe Wycliffie New Testament in the Later Version, in Middle English [England, 1st half of the 15th Century]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  140. ^ "Arts of the Islamic World 36 Burzuy Presents the Book of Kalilah wa Dimnah to King Nushirvan, Illustrated leaf from the royal Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, folio 649, Attributed to Aqa Mirak, Tabriz, Safavid, Persia, circa 1530-40". Sotheby's. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  141. ^ "Sale 7911 : The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I : Lot 31: Bartholomaeus Anglicus (by 1203-1272), Le livre des propriétés des choses, in the French translation of Jean Corbechon, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  142. ^ "Sale 8854: The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, Part : Lot 213: Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  143. ^ "Autograph Draft Manuscript of her Unfinished Novel 'The Watsons'". Sotheby's. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  144. ^ "Apple computer contract and dissolution of contract signed by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne (3 documents)". Sotheby's. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  145. ^ "Sale 1057 : Collection Michel Wittock: quatrième partie - De Marius-Michel à Jean de Gonet / Jean-Joseph Tessier et La Description de l'Égypte Lot 80: Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1809-1813, Imprimerie royale, 1817-[1830]". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  146. ^ "Edward William Lane (d.1876), Arabic-English Lexicon, printers' manuscript copy, 40 volumes, second half 19th century, with 10 volumes of al-Saghani's 'Ubab, Egypt or Syria, Mamluk, dated 653 AH/1255 AD". Sotheby's. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  147. ^ "Joyce, James (1882-1941). Autograph manuscript of the Circeepisode of Ulysses, a complete working draft with very extensive additions to the dialogue, revisions, word substitutions and other reworkings by Joyce in the left-hand margins of the pages and with additional sections of dialogue, word lists and other notes written on some versos. [Paris, July-December 1920]". Christie's. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  148. ^ "Sale 9046: Lewis Carroll & Alice: Private Collection of Justin Schiller : Lot 38: Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: [The Clarendon Press for] Macmillan, 1865". Christies. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  149. ^ Blair, Sheila (1995). A compendium of chronicles : Rashid al-Din's illustrated history of the world. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-874780-65-X.
  150. ^ Kenmore, Abraham. "1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence sold in Potsdam for $1.5m". nny360.com. Waterton Daily Times. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  151. ^ "Federalist Papers. -- Jay, John (1745-1829). Autograph draft manuscript of Federalist Number Four [ca. 7 November 1787]. 6pp., folio, foxed, some soiling. Extensive emendations and interlineations throughout in Jay's hand. Wear at edges and creases catching portions of a few words". Christie's. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  152. ^ "Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian. Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska". Swann Galleries. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  153. ^ "Lot 188 WASHINGTON, George. Autograph letter signed (G:o Washington), to John Armstrong (1717-1795), Mount Vernon, 25 April 1788. 4o, 7 pages on two bifolia (9 x 7 3/8 in.). Professionally conserved: two horizontal folds neatly reinforced, slightly obscuring some text, light dampstains to page [4], left-hand margins of pages [1] and [4] with narrow strip from old mount". Christie's. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  154. ^ "Beckett, Samuel "Sasha Murphu", The Complete Autograph Draft Manusript of his novel "Murphy", heavily corrected and revised throughout, with many cancelled passages". Sotheby's. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  155. ^ "Lot 12". Christie's. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  156. ^ "Basilius Besler (1561-1629)". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  157. ^ "The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula, Part I : Lot 10: Hieronymus (St., c.342-420). Epistolae. Edited by Adrianus Brielis (d.1472). Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 7 September 1470". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  158. ^ "Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including nine manuscripts by Andre Breton from the Simone Collinet Collection 202 Poisson soluble. Manuscrit autographe. [août-septembre 1924]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  159. ^ "An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from the Shah Isma'il II Shahnameh: The party after homage paid to Kay Khosraw by nobles following his enthronement, ascribed to the artist Burji, Qazvin, Persia, Safavid, circa 1577". Sotheby's. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  160. ^ "Property from the collection of Robert S Pirie volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts : Lot 918: Newton, Isaac Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Also Two Treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1704". Sotheby's. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  161. ^ "Arts of the Islamic World 34 'Ali Ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (latinised as 'Haly Abbas', d.circa 995 AD), Kitab kamil al-sina'ah al-tibbiyah ('The Complete Book of the Medical Art'), Iraq or Western Persia, Fars, probably Shiraz, last quarter 10th Century AD". Sotheby's. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  162. ^ "Saxton, Christopher (c. 1542-c. 1610). An Atlas of England and Wales. London: Christopher Saxton, 1579-1590". Sotheby's. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  163. ^ "Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts 6 Property of J.R. Ritman Copernicus, Nicolaus. De Revolutionibs Orbium Coelestium Libri VI. Nuremberg: J. Petreius, 1543". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  164. ^ "Sale 6012 : Wentworth : Lot 1: Le Fevre, Raoul (fl. 1464). Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. Translated from French into English by William Caxton (c. 1420-1491). [Bruges:] William Caxton, [1473 or early 1474].English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations : Lot 502: Lefèvre, Raoul Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye [Translated by William Caxton]. [Ghent or Bruges: David Aubert For] William Caxton, [C. 1473-74]". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  165. ^ "First Marvel comic sets auction record of $1.3 million". The Japan Times. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  166. ^ "The Wardington Library: Incunabula and the Wardington Hours 43 Hours of the Cross, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Paris, 1425-1435". Sotheby's. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  167. ^ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (25 April 2022). "Brontë Manuscript Buyer Will Donate Book To Museum". Barron's. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  168. ^ "du Châtelet, Émilie. Exposition abrégée du système du monde selon les principes de Monsieur Newton, incluse dans le second tome des Principes mathématiques de la philosophie naturelle d'Isaac Newton. Entre 1745 et 1749. Copies manuscrites de la main de plusieurs secrétaires comportant de très nombreux ajouts, becquets et corrections autographes". Christie's. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  169. ^ "Pacioli, Luca (Lucas de Burgo S. Sepulchri; c.1445-1517). Somma di arithmetica, geometria, proporzioni e proporzionalità. Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, 10-20 November 1494". Christie's. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  170. ^ "Don McLean (b.1945). The complete working manuscript for the song "American Pie", with numerous revisions and unpublished deleted sections. [Cold Spring, NY and Philadelphia, PA, 1970-71]". Christie's. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  171. ^ "Sotheby's Books & Manuscripts New York" (PDF). Sotheby's. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  172. ^ "Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography : Lot 176: The Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled. … Salem, Massachusetts-Bay: Printed by E. Russell, by Order of Authority, [CA. 18–20 July 1776]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  173. ^ "Rare French book collection sets records at auction". ABC Online. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  174. ^ "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Uncut in original boards". Christie's. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  175. ^ Reif, Rita. "Einstein Paper Sets Auction Record". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  176. ^ "Valuable Books and Manuscripts : Lot 220: Smith, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776". Christies. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  177. ^ "Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (D. AH 898/1492 AD): Tuhfat al-Ahrar". Christies. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  178. ^ "Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts 173 Schumann, Robert. The Autograph Composing Manuscript of Szenes aus Goethe's "Faust" [WOO 3]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  179. ^ "De la Bibliothèque Stéphane Mallarmé 163 Mallarmé, Stéphane Jamais [sic] Un Coup de Dés N'Abolira le Hasard. Maquette Autographe pour Firmin-Didot, Imprimeur d'Ambroise Vollard. [Avril ou Début Mai 1897]". Sotheby's. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  180. ^ "Lot 38 Two folios from the Magnificent Timurid manuscript, the Nahj al-Faradis". Christie's. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  181. ^ "Important Books, Atlases and Manuscripts: The Private Library of Kenneth Nebenzahl: Lafreri, Antonio (c.1512-1577) and Claudio Duchetti (d.1585)]. Geographia tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diverse autori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con i disegni di molte citta et fortesse di diverse provintie stampate in rame con studio et diligenza in Roma. Rome: Pietro de Nobili, [1592]". Christie's. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  182. ^ Gustines, George Gene. "Batman is turning 80. Fighting crime must pay". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  183. ^ "1647 Plinius Secundus, Gaius (23/24-79 AD)". Sotheby's. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  184. ^ "Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543". Christie's. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  185. ^ "Brontë, Charlotte. Second Series of the Young Men's Magazines". Sotheby's. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  186. ^ "Rare Charlotte Bronte book coming home after museum's auction success". BBC News. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  187. ^ "Valuable Books and Manuscripts: Lot 211 Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: W. Clowes and Son for John Murray, 1861". Christies. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  188. ^ "Sale 2124 Lot 53 Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska". Swann Galleries. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  189. ^ "John Hancock, manuscript letter signed, announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 6 July 1776". Sotheby's. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  190. ^ "Plato's Opera". Christie's. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  191. ^ "Turing, Alan Mathison. 1912-1954. Composition notebook". Bonham's. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  192. ^ "The Property of a Charitable Institution Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Cosmographia [Translated by Jacobus Angelus, Edited by Nicolaus Germanus]. Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 16 July 1482". Sotheby's. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  193. ^ "Babe Ruth contract auctioned off". ESPN. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  194. ^ "An Illustrated Double-Sided Bifolium from the Nahj al-Faradis: The Two Hells Reservee for Misers and Flatterers". Christie's. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  195. ^ "Sale 6298 : Important Manuscripts & Printed Books : Lot 73: Marcel-Valentin- Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust". Christies. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  196. ^ "Martin Waldseemüller (c.1470 - c.1522). World map in the form of a set of terrestrial globe gores. St. Dié: 1507". Christies. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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