This story of an itinerant Shakespeare scholar with no job and no fixed address, who lived in a succession of homes by the kindness of strangers, is fascinating reading. It also reminds me, ever so slightly, of someone I know…
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The Penniless Shakespeare Scholar
Thursday, March 10th, 2011The Top 500 Books Sold at Auction in 2010
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011Here’s an article on the top book price realized at auction in 2010, topped by a first edition of the legendary Audobon Birds of America, which pulled in an astounding $11,321,215, or four times the price realized for the Shakespeare First Folio that came in at fifth place at a measly $2,315,273.
Not a lot of books of particular genre interest, but there is an inscribed first of A Christmas Carol, and I’m sure that Howard Waldrop will find this copy of The Book of John Mandaville, the most complete version in Middle English known, and which sold for $447,282, of interest.
And here’s the entire list in spreadsheet format for the hardcore.
Edited to Add: Top link should work now, though you’ll have to click on the article link there.
Edited to Add 2: Link now even more cromulent, thanks to the sleuthing of SF Signal’s John DeNardo.