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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
December 2010

#1 $7,200.00 Rare HOLY BIBLE Parallel KING JAMES Leather ILLUSTRATED
#2 $6,500.00 Treatise on Mass Medieval manuscript 1385 Liturgy
#3 $5,800.00 MELODIES and 12 SONNETS by SASSOON and POEMS by OWEN
#4 $5,416.00 Lysistrata PICASSO illustrated/signed LEC pristine
#5 $5,300.00 FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF MARK TWAIN'S FIRST BOOK

#1
Bible
1886 Parallel Column

270681899879

Described as "RARE Leather binding with 5 raised bands on the spine and carved front and back boards with metal clasps that enclose over 1300 pages not including the index," the Bible sold as a Best Offer.

#2
Hugo de Sancto Charo
Tractatus super missam
[Treatise on Mass]
300504033534

Sold at the starting price, the c1385 manuscript on paper is unbound. It was listed by a Dutch seller.

#3
Melodies
Twelve Sonnets

Sigfried Sassoon
&
Poems
Wilfred Owen
120657851328

Tersely described by a US seller, the three early 20th century books sold as a Best Offer.

#4
Lysistrata
Pablo Picasso, Illustrator
180593251953

28 bids took the 1934 Limited Editions Club volume in fine/unread condition to $5,416.

#5
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County
and Other Sketches

Mark Twain
150531499155

The 1st edition sold after 29 bids. It was listed with many detailed photos by a US seller.

 

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