Illuminated manuscript takes top honours as Christie’s sets a record for a UK various-owner book sale
A week after Christie’s (27/22% buyer’s premium) sold a first edition of Wuthering Heights for a record £950,000 hammer (see ATG No 2751), the King Street auction house’s sale of Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography set a new record for a UK various-owner book sale at £10m hammer.
The result was not dominated by one high-value book or manuscript, but rather by a range of import…