A world record was just set in London for the most money paid for a printed book: a renowned London book dealer forked over more than £7.3 million for four volumes of John James Audubon’s Birds of America, printed between 1827 and 1838. Apparently Bill Gates holds the records for books in general, having paid over $30 million in 1994 for a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci.
Here’s a shot of one of the massive volumes pre-auction.
And here’s another picture with a man who looks nothing at all like Bertram Cooper.
Also up for auction was a 1623 edition of Shakespeare’s works–the first full printed collection–which went for a measly £1.5 million. Seriously, that’s bargain bin prices, folks.
Tags: antiques, auction, Bertram Cooper, Bill Gates, birds, book collecting, Books, John James Audubon, Leonardo da Vinci, Mad Men, ornithology, rare books, Shakespeare, world record
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