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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
June 2009

#1 $8,000.00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Beautiful Damned 1st dj 1922 Nice!
#2 $6,000.00 SUMO Helmut Newton NEW IN BOX NEVER OPENED Fine/Fine
#3 $5,895.00 1655 O'daly IRELAND 1ST EDITION ULTRA RARE VELLUM
#4 $5,800.00 1904 RUSSIAN BOOKS VSEBSHAYA ISTORIYA O. IEGERA 4 VOL.
#5 $5,355.00 RARE signed This Side of Paradise F Scott Fitzgerald NR

#1
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald

360159274250

The 1922 1st edition was described as "a nice copy in the notoriously fragile dust jacket." It sold on a single bid.

#2
Sumo
Helmut Newton
290321136284

Never opened, the Taschen publication is in as new condition.

#3
Initium Incrementa Exitus Familiae Geraldinorum Desm
Daniel Dominic O'Daly
200354449334

Previously owned by a library in Portugal, the 1655 Latin text attracted 42 bids to see for $5,895. It was listed by a Protuguese seller.

#4
Vseobshaya Istoriya O.Iegera
250331393106

. The 1904 4-volume set in Russian sold for $5,800

#5
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
180368207306

36 bids took the 1920 1st edition to $5,355. Described as "either a 3rd or 4th printing....The signed [by Fitzgerald] page is tipped in." It was 1 of 500 copies in the printing. The seller added later that it was a 1st edition, 3rd printing.

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