The book was one of the first 500 printed in 1997 and was in an immaculate condition.
Most of the first books went to libraries where they were borrowed so a top condition copy is rare. It sold for £19,700 - more than twice what was expected - at London auctioneers Christie’s.
A publisher’s proof copy of […]

A selection of 11 original pieces by renowned graffiti artist Banksy have smashed sale estimates at a London auction.
The works by the British artist sold for £455,000 at Bonhams, exceeding pre-sale predictions of £300,000.
The star lot was a spray paint and oil canvas called Avon and Somerset Constabulary, featuring two British policemen, fetching the top […]

Joseph Bellis used photographs from catalogues to display on the internet auction site, conning customers into bidding for earrings, vases, cups and saucers, and a Clarice Cliff biscuit barrel, the Llandudno court heard.
District judge Andrew Shaw sentenced the 55-year-old to a two-month curfew operating between 8pm and 8am three nights a week.
Jobless Bellis, of Mostyn […]

RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, is expecting to break records at their first ever London sale on October 31, 2007, in Battersea Park. With three exclusive collections for sale, RM founder Rob Myers is confident that the company’s inaugural European sale is sure to turn over more than 15 million pounds worth of classic […]

Hopes of Wigton, who are known for their livestock sales, are confident the sale will be a sucess and expect to hold two marine sales per year in the future.
The auction mart, which usualy deals with cattle and sheep, will take on a nautical theme on the day.
There will be items of interest for everyone […]

Sotheby’s inaugural sale of modern and contemporary Arab and Iranian art in London raked in a total $3.14 million on Wednesday, including buyers’ premiums. The auction house offered 186 lots and all but 10 found buyers. Among the highest selling works were Iranian artist Mohammad Ehsai’s “Oo Bakhshandeh Ast,” a gorgeous painting with interlocking red […]

A dazzling array of armour and swords of breathtaking beauty from the 14th to the 19th centuries, forms part of Bonhams’ inaugural specialist sale of Fine Japanese Art on November 6th in New Bond St.
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