Hamburg sale is a books best
Running up a total of over €2m on 600 lots, a smaller number than usual, the May 27 sale held by Ketterer Kunst (23/21% buyer’s premium) in Hamburg produced the book department’s best-ever results.
On top of the price list at €245,000 (£215,600) was a 1513 Strassburg edition of the Ptolemaeus Ge…