Senarai buku dan manuskrip yang paling mahal
Ini ialah senarai buku bercetak, manuskrip, surat, skor muzik, buku komik, peta dan dokumen lain yang telah dijual dengan harga lebih daripada AS$1 juta. Tarikh komposisi buku-buku itu berkisar daripada palimpsest daun al-Quran abad ke-7 dan Injil St Cuthbert awal abad ke-8, hingga manuskrip autograf abad ke-21 The Tales of Beedle the Bard karya JK Rowling. Buku cetakan terawal dalam senarai ialah edisi blok kayu beranotasi Lagu Selatan bagi Buku Tang yang dicetak c. 1234. Buku pertama yang mencapai harga jualan lebih daripada $1 juta ialah salinan Bible Gutenberg yang dijual pada harga $2.4 juta pada tahun 1978.
Naskhah terbanyak satu buku yang dijual pada harga lebih $1 juta ialah The Birds of America (1827–1838) karya John James Audubon, yang diwakili oleh lapan salinan berbeza dalam senarai ini.
Buku-buku lain yang dipaparkan beberapa kali dalam senarai ialah Folio Pertama drama Shakespeare dengan lima salinan berasingan dan lima cetakan sisi lebar berasingan Deklarasi Kemerdekaan Amerika Syarikat, Gutenberg Bible dan The North American Indian dengan empat salinan berasingan setiap satu, tiga salinan. daripada De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, dua cetakan setiap satu proklamasi Emansipasi dan Pindaan Ketiga Belas Perlembagaan Amerika Syarikat, dua cetakan folio daripada Shahnameh Shah Tahmasp, dua salinan Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Hortus Eystettensis, Geographia Cosmographia dan terjemahan Bahasa Inggeris William Caxton bagi Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye juga telah berulang kali dijual.
Abraham Lincoln dan Isaac Newton ialah pengarang yang paling banyak diketengahkan, dengan tiga karya berasingan, manakala Albert Einstein, Martin Waldseemüller, George Washington, André Breton, Robert Schumann dan Charlotte Brontë masing-masing mempunyai dua karya berasingan.
Jadual jualan buku
[sunting | sunting sumber]Harga (AS$ juta) | Judul dan penerangan | Penulis | Tahun | Pembeli | Tarikh Jualan | Gambar | Rujukan | |
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$45.6 | $30.80 | Codex Leicester
Buku nota yang mengandungi koleksi tulisan saintifik oleh Leonardo da Vinci, di tangannya sendiri. Sebelum ini dimiliki oleh Giuseppe Ghezzi, Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester dan Armand Hammer. |
Leonardo da Vinci | 1500s | Bill Gates | November 1994 | [1] | |
$43.2 | $43.2 | United States Constitution
First printing. Sebelum ini dimiliki oleh S. Howard Goldman. |
Founding Fathers of the United Statesat the Constitutional Convention | 1787 | Kenneth C. Griffin | November 2021 | [2] | |
$38.2 | $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] | ||
$35 | $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] | |
$31.7 | $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 | s. 1080 | Wang Zhongjun | Mei 2016 | [7][8] | |
$38.1 | $38.1 | Codex Sassoon 1053
A copy of the Hebrew Biblethat is contemporary to the Aleppo Codex, and is almost complete and a century older than the Leningrad Codex |
– | akhir abad ke-9 | Alfred H. Moses untuk ANU - Museum of the Jewish People | Mei 2023 | [9] | |
$26.3 | $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. |
– | Awal abad ke-15 | Perpustakaan British | Jun 2001 | [10] | |
$25.8 | $11.70 | Gospels of Henry the Lion
Illuminated gospel bookcommissioned 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 | Disember 1983 | [11] | |
$22.6 | $21.32 | Magna Carta
1297 exemplificationof the 1216 charter, held by the Brudenell family and later the Perot Foundation. |
– | 1297 | David Rubenstein | Disember 2007 | [12][13] | |
$17.1 | $17.06 | 石壁精舍音註唐書詳節; Shíbì jīngshè yīnzhù Tángshū xiángjiē
"Book of Tangin 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 | Jun 2018 | [14][15] | ||
$14.3 | $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 Allenand the English Jesuit College. |
– | c.710–730 | Perpustakaan British | April 2012 | [16][17] | |
$14.2 | $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] | |
$13.6 | $13.60 | Rothschild Prayerbook
An illuminated book of hoursonce in the collections of Anselm Salomon von Rothschild(1803–1874) and his descendants. |
– | c. 1505–1510 | Kerry Stokes | Januari 2014 | [20] | |
$13.2 | $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] | ||
$12.2 | $12.15 This is the auction price of one page of the book. | 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] | ||
$11.6 | $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 | Disember 2010 | [23][24] | |
$11.9 | $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 | Library of Congress | Jun 2003 | [25] | |
$10 | $9.98 | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
First Folioedition with autograph letter of authentication by Edmond Malone (1741–1812). Previously owned by Mills College. |
William Shakespeare | 1623 | Stephan Loewentheil | Oktober 2020 | [26][27] | |
$9.8 | $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 | Jun 2012 | [28] | |
$9.7 | $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 | Jun 2018 | [29][30] | |
$9.3 | $9.32 | Babylonian Talmud
One of 14 complete sets printed by Daniel Bombergthat are known to exist. Previously owned by Richard Bruerne, Westminster Abbey and the Valmadonna Trust Library. |
– | 1519–1523 | Stephan Loewentheil | Disember 2015 | [31][32] | |
$9.2 | $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 Encyclopediaproduced 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 Zhejiangcalled Jīn Liàng 金亮 | July 2020 | [34] | |
$9.1 | $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] | |
$8.8 | $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 Usmanovfor the Olympic Museum | December 2019 | [36][37] | |
$11.2 | $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] | ||
$8.8 | $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] | ||
$8.3 | $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] | ||
$10.4 | $8.14 | United States Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson et al. | 1776 | a consortium of buyers including Norman Lear | June 2000 | [42] | |
$10.2 | $7.57 | The Canterbury Tales
First edition printed by William Caxtonin 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] | |
$7 | $7.00 | The 120 Days of Sodom
Original manuscript. Previously owned by Charles de Noailles. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor 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] | ||
$6.6 | $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] | ||
$6.3 | $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] | ||
$6.2 | $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] | ||
$7.7 | $6.17 | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. 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] | |
$6.1 | $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 Siegeland 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 Siegeland | 1939 | January 2022 | [54] | ||
$9.7 | $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] | |
$5.7 | $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] | ||
$6.3 | $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] | ||
$11.2 | $5.50 | Les Liliacées
Copy owned by Empress Joséphine(1763–1814) |
Pierre-Joseph Redouté | 1802 | November 1985 | [58] | ||
$10.4 | $5.39 | Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by Carrie Estelle Doheny (1875–1958), then donated to St. John's Seminaryin California. Purchased by Japanese booksellers Maruzen; resold to Keio University in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. |
– | 1450–1455 | Japanese booksellers Maruzen | October 1987 | [59] | |
$5.6 | $5.17 | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. 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] | |
$4.9 | $4.86 | Quran
Royal MamlukQuran written for Sultan Qaitbay (1418–1496). Later owned by Hagop Kevorkian(1872–1962). |
– | 1489 | May 2019 | [61] | ||
$6.2 | $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] | |
$4.9 | $4.47 | Traité des Arbres Fruitiers
This copy painted between 1804 and 1809 |
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau | 1768 | December 2006 | [63] | ||
$5.9 | $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] | ||
$4.4 | $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] | ||
$8.4 | $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] | |
$4.3 | $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] | |
$5.2 | $4.17 | Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg
Book of Hours painted by Simon Beningfor Albrecht of Brandenburg |
– | 1522–23 | June 2001 | [70] | ||
$6.4 | $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] | ||
$4.2 | $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] | |
$4.3 | $3.96 | Geographia Cosmographia
Copy originally owned by Hieronymus Münzer(1437/47–1508). |
Claudius Ptolemy | 1477 | Bernard Shaperoon behalf of a private collector | October 2006 | [73][74] | |
$3.92 | $3.92 | Letter from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella
Printed edition of a letter from Columbus describing his visit to the Americas |
Christopher Columbus | 1493 | October 2023 | [75] | ||
$3.9 | $3.86 | Torah
Editio princepsof the Pentateuch in Hebrew, with paraphrases in Aramaic, printed in Bologna. |
– | 1482 | an anonymous buyer | April 2014 | [76][77] | |
$3.8 | $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] | ||
$3.8 | $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] | ||
$3.7 | $3.72 | Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Association copy of the first edition |
Isaac Newton | 1687 | December 2016 | [80] | ||
$3.6 | $3.63 | Book of Hours
Illuminated Book of hourson 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] | ||
$3.6 | $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] | |
$3.5 | $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] | ||
$4.2 | $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] | |
$3.5 | $3.40 | Letter from Abraham Lincolnresponding 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 | s. 1864 | April 2008 | [86] | ||
$3.3 | $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] | ||
$3.3 | $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] | ||
$3.1 | $3.11 | The Gospels of Queen Theutberga
Illuminated gospel book, probably produced at the Benedictine abbey at Metzfor a member of the Carolingian dynasty, perhaps Queen Theutberga. Previously owned by Guglielmo Libriand William Tite. |
– | c.825–850 | July 2015 | [90] | ||
$3.8 | $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 | $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. | s. 1975 | January 2022 | [92] | ||
$5.4 | $3.03 | Monypenny Breviary
Illuminated breviaryoriginally owned by William Monypenny. |
– | s. 1490 | Pierre Beres | July 1989 | [93] | |
$3 | $2.97 | Surrealist Manifesto
Autograph Manuscript owned by Simone Collinet. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor 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] | ||
$2.9 | $2.89 | "God" letter
Letter written by Einstein to his friend Eric Gutkindexplaining his religious beliefs |
Albert Einstein | 1954 | December 2018 | [95] | ||
$2.9 | $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] | ||
$2.8 | $2.8 | Das Große Stammbuch
An album amicorum (book of friendship) comprising paintings and drawing by many different artists, collected by Philipp Hainhoferbetween 1596 and 1633. |
– | 1596–1633 | The Herzog August Library | August 2020 | [97] | |
$2.8 | $2.77 | Portolan Atlas | Battista Agnese | 1542–46 | April 2012 | [98] | ||
$2.8 | $2.75 | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies
Third issue of the First Folioedition. 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] | |
$5 | $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] | |
$2.6 | $2.57 | Imhof Prayerbook
Illuminated by Simon Bening. Earliest dated work by Bening |
– | 1511 | July 2011 | [104] | ||
$2.9 | $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] | |
$2.6 | $2.55 | Hortus Eystettensis
Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition. Originally owned by Giovanni Faber. |
Basilius Besler | 1613 | July 2016 | [106] | ||
$2.5 | $2.52 | Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Presentation copy of the first edition given to James II by Newton |
Isaac Newton | 1687 | December 2013 | [107] | ||
$3.3 | $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] | |
$3 | $2.50 | On the Road
Original scroll. |
Jack Kerouac | 1951 | Jim Irsay | May 2001 | [109] | |
$2.5 | $2.48 | Quran leaf palimpsest
One of the earliest quranic manuscripts known |
– | Mid 7th century | April 2008 | [110] | ||
$4.7 | $2.42 | Biblia pauperum(The Gotha-Doheny Copy) | – | 1460–1470 | October 1987 | [111][59] | ||
$2.4 | $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] | ||
$8.1 | $2.40 | Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by the Pforzheimer Foundation. |
– | 1450–1455 | The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin | 1978 | [113] | |
$2.4 | $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] | ||
$2.4 | $2.40 | Machzor
Florentine illuminated manuscript on vellum |
– | 1490s | May 2011 | [115] | ||
$2.4 | $2.36 | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies (First Folio)
Third issue of the First Folioedition. Copy owned by Lord Hesketh (1916–1955). |
William Shakespeare | 1623 | December 2010 | [116] | ||
$2.5 | $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] | ||
$3.4 | $2.30 | Symphony No. 2
Autograph manuscript by the composer. |
Robert Schumann | 1846–47 | Robin Lehman | December 1994 | [118] | |
$2.3 | $2.21 | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 1543. Copy originally owned by Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643–1721) and subsequently by Myron Prinzmetal(1908–1987). |
Nicolaus Copernicus | 1543 | June 2008 | [119] | ||
$3 | $2.20 | Archimedes Palimpsest
Palimpsestmanuscript 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] | ||
$7.4 | $2.20 | Gutenberg Bible
Copy owned by the General Theological Seminary in New York. |
– | 1450–1455 | Bernard H. Breslauer on behalf of the Württembergische Landesbibliothekin Stuttgart | April 1978 | [121] | |
$2.2 | $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] | ||
$2.1 | $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] | ||
$2.1 | $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] | ||
$2.6 | $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] | ||
$2.1 | $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] | ||
$2.1 | $2.05 | Like a Rolling Stone
Handwritten working lyrics by Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan | 1965 | June 2014 | [127] | ||
$2 | $2.02 | Symphony No. 2
Autograph manuscript by the composer |
Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1908 | May 2014 | [128] | ||
$2 | $1.95 | Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Book of hoursoriginally owned by Galeazzo Maria Sforza, and subsequently by William Waldorf Astor |
– | 1471–1476 | July 2011 | [129] | ||
$2 | $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 | $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] | ||
$1.9 | $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] | ||
$1.9 | $1.85 | Missal
Illuminated by the Master of the Prayerbook of Albrecht V |
– | 1430–35 | July 2014 | [132] | ||
$1.9 | $1.85 | Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Translated and printed by William Caxton(s. 1422 – s. 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] | ||
$6.1 | $1.80 | Gutenberg Bible
Copy originally owned by George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804). |
– | 1450–1455 | Gutenberg Museum in Mainz | March 1978 | [134] | |
$2 | $1.79 | Album of watercolours | Pierre Gourdelle | 1555 | 2006 | [63] | ||
$1.8 | $1.76 | Liber Insularum Archipelagi
Illuminated Atlas of the Greek Islands on vellum. Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps. |
Cristoforo Buondelmonti | 1450 | April 2012 | [135] | ||
$1.7 | $1.73 | Double plate from King Ottokar's Sceptre | Hergé | 1939 | October 2015 | [136] | ||
$2.3 | $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] | ||
$1.7 | $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] | ||
$2.3 | $1.69 | Wycliffe New Testament
Vellum New Testament in later version, translated into Middle Englishby Wycliffe and John Purvey. Previously owned by Alexander Peckover and Apsley Cherry-Garrard. |
John Wycliffe | 1st half of the 15th century | December 2016 | [139] | ||
$1.8 | $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] | ||
$1.7 | $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 | s. 1390 | July 2010 | [141] | ||
$2.2 | $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] | ||
$1.6 | $1.60 | The Watsons
Autograph manuscript of a draft for the unfinished novel. Originally owned by Cassandra Austen |
Jane Austen | 1803 | July 2011 | [143] | ||
$1.6 | $1.59 | Apple computer contract
Original Apple Partnership Agreement, signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne |
– | 1976 | December 2011 | [144] | ||
$1.6 | $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] | ||
$1.6 | $1.55 | Arabic-English Lexicon
Fair copy. Commissioned by Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland |
Edward William Lane | 1842–1876 | October 2014 | [146] | ||
$2 | $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] | |
$2.1 | $1.54 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
First edition copy originally owned by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) |
Lewis Carroll | 1865 | December 1998 | [148] | ||
$4 | $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] | |
$1.5 | $1.50 | United States Declaration of Independence
Broadsideprinted by John Holt. One of only five surviving Holt broadsides. Originally owned by Colonel David Mulford |
Thomas Jefferson et al. | 1776 | January 2018 | [150] | ||
$1.5 | $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] | ||
$1.4 | $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] | ||
$1.4 | $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] | ||
$1.4 | $1.43 | Murphy
Autograph Manuscript. Originally owned by Brian Coffey. |
Samuel Beckett | 1936 | July 2013 | [154] | ||
$2.4 | $1.43 | The Federalist
Copy originally owned by George Washington(1732–1799) |
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison | 1788 | January 1990 | [102] | ||
$1.6 | $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] | ||
$1.7 | $1.41 | Hortus Eystettensis
Deluxe coloured copy of the first edition |
Basilius Besler | 1613 | November 2001 | [156] | ||
$1.4 | $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] | ||
$1.4 | $1.40 | Poisson Soluble
Autograph manuscript owned by Simone Collinet |
André Breton | 1924 | May 2008 | [158] | ||
$1.4 | $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] | ||
$1.3 | $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] | ||
$1.3 | $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] | ||
$1.4 | $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] | ||
$1.3 | $1.28 | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 1543 |
Nicolaus Copernicus | 1543 | November 2011 | [163] | ||
$1.3 | $1.26 | Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Translated and printed by William Caxton(s. 1422 – s. 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] | ||
$1.3 | $1.26 | Marvel Comics#1 | Martin Goodman | 1939 | November 2019 | [165] | ||
$1.4 | $1.25 | Hours of the Cross
Illuminated manuscript on vellum original owned by John, Duke of Berryand subsequently by Beatrice of Portugal and Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton. |
– | 1425–1435 | December 2006 | [166] | ||
$1.3 | $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] | ||
$1.2 | $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] | ||
$1.2 | $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] | ||
$1.2 | $1.21 | American Pie
Handwritten working lyrics by Don McLean |
Don McLean | 1971 | April 2015 | [170] | ||
$1.2 | $1.20 | A Day in the Life
Handwritten lyrics by John Lennon |
John Lennon | 1967 | June 2010 | [171] | ||
$1.2 | $1.18 | United States Declaration of Independence
Broadsideprinted by E. Russell |
Thomas Jefferson et al. | 1776 | January 2018 | [172] | ||
$1.3 | $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] | |
$1.2 | $1.17 | Frankenstein
First edition. One of only 500 copies of the original run. |
Mary Shelley | 1818 | September 2021 | [174] | ||
$2.2 | $1.16 | On the Theory of Relativity
Handwritten manuscript |
Albert Einstein | 1912 | December 1987 | [175] | ||
$1.1 | $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] | ||
$1.1 | $1.14 | Tuhfat al-Ahrar
Timurid or early Safavid Persian manuscript on variously coloured gold-speckled paper |
Jami | Early 16th century | June 2020 | [177] | ||
$1.1 | $1.11 | Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Autograph manuscript by the composer |
Robert Schumann | 1853 | November 2011 | [178] | ||
$1.1 | $1.10 | Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard
Autograph Manuscript |
Stéphane Mallarmé | 1897 | October 2015 | [179] | ||
$3.6 | $3.6 | Amazing Fantasy #15
First appearance of Spider-Man |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko | 1962 | September 2021 | [1] | ||
$1.1 | $1.09 | Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis
The Angel of Bounty and the arrival of the Second Heaven of Pearls |
– | s. 1465 | October 2019 | [180] | ||
$1.1 | $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] | ||
$1.1 | $1.07 | Detective Comics #27
First appearance of Batman |
Bob Kane and Bill Finger | 1939 | 2010 | [182] | ||
$1.2 | $1.07 | Naturalis Historia
Printed in Rome on vellum |
Pliny the Elder | 1470 | October 2005 | [183] | ||
$1.1 | $1.07 | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
First edition printed in Nuremberg by Johann Petreiusin 1543 |
Nicolaus Copernicus | 1543 | November 2013 | [184] | ||
$1.1 | $1.07 | Young Men's Magazine
Miniature manuscript, one of six 'little' books written by Brontë. Purchased by Gérard Lhéritierfor 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] | ||
$1.1 | $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] | ||
$1.1 | $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 | $1.04 | Letter by John Hancockannouncing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
Manuscript letter signed by Hancock as President of Congress |
John Hancock | 1776 | January 2020 | [189] | ||
$1 | $1.03 | Opera
First edition of the complete works of Plato in any language. Translated into Latin by Marsilio Ficinoand printed by Lorenzo de Alopa. |
Plato | 1485 | April 2021 | [190] | ||
$1 | $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 | $1.02 | Geographia Cosmographia
First Ulmedition |
Claudius Ptolemy | 1482 | June 2009 | [192] | ||
$1 | $1.02 | Babe Ruth's contract with the Boston Red Sox
Signed by Ruth, Ban Johnson and Harry Frazee |
– | 1918 | July 2014 | [193] | ||
$1 | $1.02 | Illuminated double-sided bifolium from Nahj al Faradis
The Two Hells reserved for Misers and Flatterers |
– | s. 1465 | October 2019 | [194] | ||
$1.3 | $1.01 | À la recherche du temps perduvol. 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] | ||
$1.1 | $1.00 | Waldseemüller gores
Waldseemüller map printed in gores format to be made into globe |
Martin Waldseemüller | 1507 | June 2005 | [196] |
Buku dan manuskrip mengikut abad
[sunting | sunting sumber]Abad | Nombor dijual |
---|---|
sebelum ke-10 | 3 |
ke-10 | 3 |
ke-11 | 1 |
ke-12 | 2 |
ke-13 | 6 |
ke-14 | 5 |
ke-15 | 32 |
ke-16 | 23 |
ke-17 | 14 |
ke-18 | 17 |
ke-19 | 31 |
ke-20 | 26 |
ke-21 | 1 |
Lihat juga
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Senarai lukisan paling mahal
- Senarai arca yang paling mahal
- Senarai gambar paling mahal
- Senarai karya seni paling mahal oleh artis hidup
- Senarai barangan filateli yang paling mahal
Nota
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ 207 million Chinese yuan
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Kiss, Jemima (13 June 2011). "Bill Gates on giving away his fortune - and Mark Zuckerberg's engagement?". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 23 October 2011.
- ^ Matthews, Karen (November 19, 2021). "Rare first printing of US Constitution sells for record $43M". AP News (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Dicapai pada November 21, 2021.
- ^ 毕楠. "Year-ender: Top 10 cultural events from 2019". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Dicapai pada 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Auction details LOT 1381". China Guardian Auctions.
- ^ Kuruvilla, Carol (2017-09-22). "Mormon Church Drops $35 Million On Printer's Manuscript Of The Book Of Mormon". Huffington Post (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Dicapai pada 2023-07-20.
- ^ Frandsen, Tiffany; Mims, Bob (21 September 2017). "$35 million Book of Mormon manuscript sale called the 'biggest game-changer in Mormon history'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Dicapai pada 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Chinese calligraphy letter sets new auction record". BBC News. 16 May 2016. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ Phillips, Tom (17 May 2016). "Eleventh-century Chinese letter – just 124 characters long – sells for $32m". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "An 1,100-Year-Old Hebrew Bible Sells for $38.1 Million". Bloomberg.com (dalam bahasa Inggeris). 2023-05-17. Dicapai pada 2023-05-17.
- ^ Ezard, John. "Baebes celebrate medieval treasure Sherborne Missal saved by chart-toppers". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ Garcia, Guy (19 December 1983). "People: Dec. 19, 1983". Time Magazine. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada December 22, 2008. Dicapai pada 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Sale Number: N08461: The Magna Carta". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (19 December 2007). "Magna Carta copy fetches $21m". The Telegraph. Dicapai pada 4 October 2019.
- ^ "宋刻孤本《石壁精舍音注唐书详节》嘉德春拍高价成交" (dalam bahasa Chinese). 22 June 2018. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada January 13, 2019. Dicapai pada 30 September 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- ^ "宋刻孤本拍出亿元天价 《石壁精舍音注唐书详节》成本季最贵古籍" (dalam bahasa Chinese). 21 June 2018. Dicapai pada 30 September 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- ^ "British Library acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book". BBC News. 17 April 2012. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "The St Cuthbert Gospel". British Library. Dicapai pada 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Bay Psalm Book is most expensive printed work at $14.2m". BBC News. 27 November 2013. Dicapai pada 27 November 2013.
- ^ "The Bay Psalm Book Sale". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale 2819: Renaissance : Lot 157: The Rothschild Prayerbook, a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Einstein-Besso Manuscript on General Relativity Sells for $13.2 Million". Fine Books and Collections. Dicapai pada 14 April 2022.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Gamerman, Ellen (8 December 2010). "'Birds' Book Soars to Record". Wall Street Journal. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Library of Congress Completes Purchase of Waldseemüller Map". Library of Congress. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 14 October 2020.
- ^ Serjeant, Jill. "First collection of Shakespeare's plays sells for almost $10 million". Reuters. Dicapai pada 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Post-Sale Release: George Washington's Acts of Congress - New York, 22 June 2012". Christies. 22 June 2010. Dicapai pada 2017-09-13.
- ^ "Sale 16423: The Portland Audubon : Lot 1". Christies. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Rego Barry, Rebecca. "The "Portland Audubon" Sells for $9.65 Million". Fine Books & Collections. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Record Breaking Judaica Sale at Sotheby's". The New York Jewish Week. Dicapai pada 2018-12-05.
- ^ 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 (dalam bahasa Chinese). Dicapai pada 2020-07-14.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- ^ "Chine - XVIe Siècle : Lot 231 : Deux rares albums Yongle Dadian". Beaussant Lefèvre. Dicapai pada 7 July 2020.
- ^ Lee Harris, Rachel. "Racy Memoir for the French National Library". New York Times. Dicapai pada 28 April 2021.
- ^ Loft, Halina (18 December 2019). "The Original Olympic Manifesto Brings Home the Gold". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Alisher Usmanov donates £6.8m Olympic manifesto to Games museum". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 10 February 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "#5.5m for classic bird book found in Bute nest". The Herald (Glasgow). 11 March 2000. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 25 June 2020.
- ^ "The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor, Southern Germany: Late 13th-Early 14th Century". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of Independence Fetches $8.14 Million Online". Antiques and the Arts Weekly. Dicapai pada 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Sale 6012: Wentworth : Lot 2: Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1345-1400). The Canterbury Tales. [Westminster: William Caxton, late 1476 or 1477]". Christies. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Canterbury Tales fetches record £4.6m". BBC News. 9 July 1998. Dicapai pada 23 October 2011.
- ^ Willsher, Kim. "Original Marquis de Sade scroll returns to Paris". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 14 July 2020.
- ^ a b "France saves Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom from auction". The Guardian. Dicapai pada 14 July 2020.
- ^ "250 John James Audubon - The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon. London: Published by the Author, 1827–1838". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Rustam kicking away the boulder pushed by Bahman". Christie's. Dicapai pada 14 April 2022.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Shakespeare First Folio Tops $5M". CBS News. 13 July 2006. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Superman's Action Comics No. 1 sells for record $6.0 million". 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Mile High Copy of Superman #1 Sells for Record $5.3 Million | CGC". www.cgccomics.com. Dicapai pada 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Medieval manuscript lost to the North East can now be seen again". Chronicle Live. Evening Chronicle. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale 1561: John James Audubon's Birds of America". Christies. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Reif, Rita (21 November 1985). "Redoute Watercolors Auctioned to Syndicate". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 3 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Gutenberg Bible Is Sold for Record $4.9 Million". Los Angeles Times. 23 October 1987. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets Lot 11". Christie's. Dicapai pada 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Crusader's book sells for £2.75m". The Irish Times. 24 June 1998. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Ten Most Expensive Books of 2006". Fine Books & Collections. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale 6179 : The Collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild : Lot 101: MISSAL, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum". Christies. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll's Copy of the Declaration of Independence". Freeman's. Dicapai pada 20 August 2021.
- ^ Reif, Rita (23 May 1987). "Record Price for Mozart Manuscript". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Mozart Scores Auctioned for Record $4.3 Million". Los Angeles Times. 23 May 1987. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale Number: N08735 : James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 4 October 2019.
- ^ Keegan, Tom (10 December 2010). "Booths purchase original Naismith basketball rules at auction for more than $4 million". Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "The Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg, illuminated by Simon Bening, use of Rome". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 8 March 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "The Wardington Library Part 2 : Lot 394: Ptolemaeus, Claudius (c.90–c.168)". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Old atlas breaks auction record". BBC News. 10 October 2006. Dicapai pada 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Epistola de insulis nuper inventis". Christies. Dicapai pada 15 January 2024.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ "1482 Torah book fetches record $3.87 million at Paris auction". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1 May 2014. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "The Kennedy-Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 26 December 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus (active 1430-1450)". Christies. Dicapai pada 28 April 2021.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Codex Valmadonna". Museum of the Bible. Dicapai pada 10 October 2019.
- ^ "John James Audubon: the Birds of America, the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America : Lot 101". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Manuscript of Beethoven's 9th sells for almost EUR3 million". The Irish Times. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Presidential and other American Manuscripts from the Dr. Robert Small Trust 85 Lincoln, Abraham, as Sixteenth President". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale 12139: Valuable Books and Manuscripts : Lot 129: BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)". Christies. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 17 July 2020.
- ^ "George Washington letter smashes auction record". BBC News. Dicapai pada 17 July 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986), Alejandro JODOROWSKY (né en 1926), Jean GIRAUD (1938-2012) et d'autres". www.christies.com (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Dicapai pada 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Shah pays top price at second-hand car sale". heraldscotland.com. Glasgow Herald. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Eric Gutkind, Princeton, 3 January 1954". Christie's. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ 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. Dicapai pada 2020-08-27.
- ^ "Agnese, Battista (c. 1500-1564)]. Portolan atlas of the world. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum. [Venice, c. 1542-46". Christie's. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Capon, Alex (27 May 2016). "US collector splashes out £2.48m on four Shakespeare folios at Christie's". Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b Oswald, Godfrey (2017). Library World Records (ed. 3rd). McFarland & Company. m/s. 223. ISBN 9781476667775.
- ^ a b Reif, Rita. "Auctions". New York Times. Dicapai pada 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Hours and Psalter of Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton". Museum of the Bible. Dicapai pada 8 March 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "The Library of Lord Wardington: Important Atlases and Geographies Part One : Lot 143: Doria Atlas". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Besler, Basilius (1561-1629). Hortus Eystettensis. [Nuremberg]: 1613". Christie's. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ Kotter, Holland (24 April 1999). "Rare Blake Book Sells for $2.5 Million at Sotheby's". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 7 March 2013.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "A Qur'an Leaf Palimpsest on Vellum Probably Madina, mid 7th Century". Christie's. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ 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. m/s. 16–. ISBN 978-0-19-951905-7.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Gutenberg Bible Census". 27 November 2014. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Rheticus Georg Joachim (1514-1574). De libris revolutionum eruditissimi viri...Doctoris Nicolai Copernici… Narratio prima. Gdansk: Franz Rhode, 1540". Christie's. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Mahzor, book containing prayers for the feasts of the liturgical year, in Hebrew, illuminated manuscript on vellum". Christie's. Dicapai pada 17 July 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Sale 7428 : Art of The Islamic and Indian World : Lot 20: Qur'an". Christies. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Schumann's 2nd Symphony Score Sells for $2.3 Million". LA Times. Dicapai pada 14 July 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ Reif, Rita (8 April 1978). "Gutenberg Bought at Auction for $2 Million for Stuttgart Library". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 1 August 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "A rare, contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence". Christies. Dicapai pada 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Bob Dylan Original Working Autograph Manuscript of "Like a Rolling Stone" - The Final Draft Lyrics as Recorded [June, 1965]". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "The Autograph Manuscript of the Second Symphony in E Minor, OP.27". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Lot 11 Missal, use of Udine, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, [Vienna, c.1430-35]". Christie's. Dicapai pada 18 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ Kirshenbaum, Sandra (1978). Fine Print. S. Kirshenbaum. m/s. 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.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Hergé (1907-1983) Tintin, le sceptre d'Ottokar". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 1 January 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Isaac Newton Revising his Magnum Opus". Christies. Dicapai pada 20 August 2021.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Autograph Draft Manuscript of her Unfinished Novel 'The Watsons'". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Apple computer contract and dissolution of contract signed by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne (3 documents)". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 10 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 28 December 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 2 October 2019.
- ^ Blair, Sheila (1995). A compendium of chronicles : Rashid al-Din's illustrated history of the world. Oxford University Press. m/s. 36. ISBN 1-874780-65-X.
- ^ Kenmore, Abraham. "1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence sold in Potsdam for $1.5m". nny360.com. Waterton Daily Times. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 16 July 2020.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Beckett, Samuel "Sasha Murphu", The Complete Autograph Draft Manusript of his novel "Murphy", heavily corrected and revised throughout, with many cancelled passages". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Lot 12". Christie's. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Basilius Besler (1561-1629)". Christie's. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Saxton, Christopher (c. 1542-c. 1610). An Atlas of England and Wales. London: Christopher Saxton, 1579-1590". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "First Marvel comic sets auction record of $1.3 million". The Japan Times. Dicapai pada 27 December 2019.
- ^ "The Wardington Library: Incunabula and the Wardington Hours 43 Hours of the Cross, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Paris, 1425-1435". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 7 October 2019.
- ^ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (25 April 2022). "Brontë Manuscript Buyer Will Donate Book To Museum". Barron's. Dicapai pada 27 April 2022.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 17 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Sotheby's Books & Manuscripts New York" (PDF). Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Rare French book collection sets records at auction". ABC Online. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Uncut in original boards". Christie's. Dicapai pada 20 September 2021.
- ^ Reif, Rita. "Einstein Paper Sets Auction Record". The New York Times. Dicapai pada 15 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (D. AH 898/1492 AD): Tuhfat al-Ahrar". Christies. Dicapai pada 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts 173 Schumann, Robert. The Autograph Composing Manuscript of Szenes aus Goethe's "Faust" [WOO 3]". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Lot 38 Two folios from the Magnificent Timurid manuscript, the Nahj al-Faradis". Christie's. Dicapai pada 22 December 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 14 October 2019.
- ^ Gustines, George Gene. "Batman is turning 80. Fighting crime must pay". The Irish Times. Dicapai pada 27 December 2019.
- ^ "1647 Plinius Secundus, Gaius (23/24-79 AD)". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543". Christie's. Dicapai pada 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Brontë, Charlotte. Second Series of the Young Men's Magazines". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Rare Charlotte Bronte book coming home after museum's auction success". BBC News. 18 November 2019. Dicapai pada 23 December 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 14 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 20 October 2019.
- ^ "John Hancock, manuscript letter signed, announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 6 July 1776". Sotheby's. Dicapai pada 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Plato's Opera". Christie's. Dicapai pada 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Turing, Alan Mathison. 1912-1954. Composition notebook". Bonham's. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "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. Dicapai pada 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Babe Ruth contract auctioned off". ESPN. 13 July 2014. Dicapai pada 11 October 2019.
- ^ "An Illustrated Double-Sided Bifolium from the Nahj al-Faradis: The Two Hells Reservee for Misers and Flatterers". Christie's. Dicapai pada 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Sale 6298 : Important Manuscripts & Printed Books : Lot 73: Marcel-Valentin- Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust". Christies. Dicapai pada 5 October 2019.
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