1.) SOLD... $11.5 Million - Audubon Bird Book
On December 2010, a complete copy of 'The Birds of America' was sold in London at Sotheby's for approximately $11.5 million, breaking all previous book sale records.
The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, it contains illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published as a series of sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London.
The work consists of hand-coloured, life-size prints, made from engraved plates, measuring around 39 by 26 inches (99 by 66 cm). It includes images of six now-extinct birds: Carolina Parakeet, Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Esquimaux Curlew, and Pinnated Grouse. (Source: Wikipedia: Birds of America)
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