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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
August 2009

#1 $12,299.99 F SCOTT FITZGERALD FIRST EDITION TENDER IS THE NIGHT DJ
#2 $8,500.00 1853 AMERICAN FLORA 278 Hand-Colored Plates, ASA STRONG
#3 $7,493.93 1851 HERMAN MELVILLE MOBY DICK THE WHALE FIRST EDITION
#4 tie $7,000.00 Helmut Newton Sumo - Original Signed Number 04627
#4 tie $7,000.00 Very old jewish Book in hebrew appr.500 years old !

#1
Tender is the Night dust jacket only
The Beautiful and the Dammed dust jacket only

160354082375

At BookThink, we routinely exclude listings that don't include the book itself. In this case, the fact that 2 dust jackets could be atop the Antiquarian and Collectible top 10 list called for an exception. After 28 bids, they sold for $12,299.99.

#2
The American Flora
or
History of Plants and Wild Flowers
Containing Their Scientific and General Description ...

4 vols.
A. B. Strong, M.D.
370246223715

The 4-volume leather-found set published in 1853 sold for $8,500 as a BIN.

#3
Moby Dick Or The Whale
Herman Melville
360178619795

#3 on the Antiquarian and Collectible list is #1 on the Fiction list.

#4 tie
Sumo
Helmut Newton
260455033080

A single bid won the "Original Signed Number 04627" of Sumo.

#4 tie
[Very old jewish Book in hebrew appr.500 years old]
280384764433

The German seller explained, "The book is very old. I estimate the age of around 500 years. Unfortunately I do not speak hebrew and I've no idea about the name of the book. So I made alot of photos, that you can identify this book and I hope someone can give me the information." The auction ended with 35 bids.

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