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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
April 2009

#1 $8,500.00 HELMUT NEWTON SUMO
#2 $7,500.00 1856 Audubon Quadrupeds of North America 3 Volume Set
#3 $7,400.00 1568 VESALIUS De Humani Corporis MEDICAL ANATOMY Folio!
#4 $7,255.00 Harper Lee SIGNED 1st Print TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD rare
#5 $7,000.00 1510 EXTRAORDINARY BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED ON VELLUM

#1
Sumo
Helmut Newton
180343937698

The large 1999 signed Taschen publication attracted 2 bids to sell for $8,500.

#2
Quadrupeds of North America
John James Audubon and The Rev. John Bachman D.D.
110373496837

The 3-volume set dates from 1856 and was described as in "extremely nice condition." Leather bound with minor foxing, the set sold for $7,500 after 15 bids.

#3
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Andreae Vesalii
290308419653

Printed in Venice in 1568, the folio was bound in the 1950s and was described as in "very good antiquarian condition." It attracted 8 bids in a 7-day auction.

#4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
120409992359

The 1st edition signed by the author attracted 31 bids. The "signature has been verified by Global Authentication Inc."

#5
Heures a l’usage de Rouen
1510
260389095632

Listed by a French seller, the 1510 book of hours sold as a best offer.

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