World's most expensive book for sale
A copy of the world's most expensive book, which features life-sized prints of flamingoes and swans, is tipped to fetch up to six million pounds ($10 million) at auction in Britain. John James Audubon's seven-volume Birds Of America, which dates from the 19th century, will be sold at Sotheby's alongside literary treasures like a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio and a series of letters by Queen Elizabeth I.
There are thought to be just over 100 copies of Audubon's Birds Of America, which measures around 90 centimetres by 60 centimetres, still in existence. Another sold for $US8.8 million 10 years ago. Before painting the birds, Audubon shot them and hung them on a wire. All of the works for sale belonged to British book collector Lord Frederick Hesketh, who died 55 years ago, although his collection is only now being sold off by the trustees of his will. David Goldthorpe of Sotheby's said: "The sale offers the twin peaks of book collecting - the most expensive book in the world, Audubon's Birds Of America and the most important book in all of English literature, Shakespeare's First Folio.
"We are thrilled to be offering such a diverse and remarkable collection."
World's most expensive book goes up for sale
A rare copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, is to go on sale at Sotheby's, it has been announced. Only 119 complete copies of the 19th-century book are known to exist, and 108 are owned by museums and libraries. A separate edition of the wildlife book sold for a record-breaking price of $8.8m (£5.7m) a decade ago. The copy going under the hammer in December comes from the collection of the late Lord Hesketh.
It contains 1,000 life-sized illustrations of almost 500 breeds. It took wildlife artist John James Audubon 12 years to complete his study. He did so by travelling across America, shooting the birds. He would then hang them on bits of wire to paint them. The artist then went to Britain to print the volumes and targeted the rich to buy copies. Lord Hesketh's collection also includes a rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, which Sotheby's said is "the most important book in all of English Literature". Of the 750 that were probably printed, only 219 are known to exist today. The copy being offered for sale, which dates back to 1623, has a valuation of up to £1.5 million, and only has three pages missing. It is one of only three textually complete copies to exist in private hands in a comparably early binding.
Letters written from Elizabeth I relating to Mary Queen of Scots are also going under the hammer at the sale, which takes place on 7 December. David Goldthorpe, a senior specialist in Sotheby's books and manuscripts department in London, said: "To have all these items in one sale is remarkable; it's certainly never happened in my time, 15 years, and people who've been here longer can't recall it."
Intinya gini, Buku yang berjudul Audubon's Birds of America yang ditulis oleh John James yang pada satu dekade yang lalu telah memecahkan harga buku termahal disunia dan hanya diproduksi sebanyak 119 copy yang diketahui ada hingga abad ke 19 dan sebagian besar (108) tersebar di di beberapa museum terkenal dunia. Buku berisi koleksi dan jenis-jenis burung, dimana sang penulis pada waktu menyusun buku ini harus menunggu hingga 12 tahun untuk menghasilkan karya ini. Sebelum melukis tiap-tiap spesies burung yang ada, penulis menembak burung-burung tersebut kemudian baru dilukis satu per satu dan kemudian di bawa ke Inggris dan dicetak di sana.
Salah Satu dari koleksi langkah buku ini adalah koleksi dari Lord Frederick Hesketh yang akan dijual. Pada dekade yang lalu saah satu edisi dari buku ini telah dijual dengan harga 8,8 Juta Dollar Amerika Serikat, jika dijual maka bisa dibayangkan sebuah harga yang fantastis dari buku ini
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