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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
June 2008

#1 $23,995.00 1613 KING JAMES FOLIO HOLY BIBLE/RARE/COMPLETE!
#2 $20,110.11 KOBERGER 1478 FOLIO BIBLE ILLUMINATED Incunabula
#3 $18,000.00 1460 PRECIOUS BRUGES BOOK OF HOURS MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
#4 $15,000.00 Politianus Omnia Opera Aldus 1498 Aldine incunabula 1ST
#5 $13,100.00 Medieval French Vellum Manuscript BOOK OF HOURS Tournai

#1
Bible
1613 King James

Sold to a buyer with 0 feedback, the buyer still has no feedback 6 weeks after the sale.

#2
Bible
1478 Koberger

Listed by a seller from the Netherlands, the incunabula is described as "A superb copy, museum piece and wonderful investment." It sold after 3 bids.

#3
Book of Hours
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Latin. Bruges, c1460.

The Swiss seller noted the manuscript includes "fifteen large illuminated initials and full page richly decorated borders." 29 bids later, it sold for $18,000.

#4
Omnia Opera
Complete works of Angelus Politianus
Edited by Alexander Sartius

Listed by a Canadian seller, the 1498 work was called, "apparently the first printed collected edition of a modern author." It sold as a BIN to a buyer with no feedback. 4 weeks later, the buyer still has no feedback.

#5
Book of Hours
c1440

The US seller of #5 noted the vellum manuscript's "3000 illuminations - with a full-page miniature." The auction received 34 bids to close at $13,100.

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