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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
July 2008

#1 $25,000.00 1731 FIRST-EDITION WYCLIFFE NEW TESTAMENT HOLY BIBLE 16
#2 $14,000.00 Peter Beard Collector's Edition with 965 ELEPHANT Print
#3 $11,330.00 Pable Picasso vintage signed book with 24 POSTERS !!!
#4 $10,100.00 PICASSO THE HUMAN COMEDY/VERVE 1ST ED 1954 PARIS***
#5 $9,500.00 1600 RHEMES ENGLISH CATHOLIC NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE Relic

#1
Bible
1731 Wycliffe New Testament

Sold as a BIN for $25,000, the English Bible was described by the US seller as "PROFOUNDLY ASTRONOMICALLY INCREDIBLY RARE AND LIGHT YEARS BEYOND SCARCE." The same US seller sold #5 (tie).

#2
Peter Beard, Collector's Edition

Described a bit confusedly as "#180 of 125 to 250 in the Limited Edition with '965 Elephants,'" the Taschen title sold for $14,000 as a BIN.

#3
Posters of Picasso
Pablo Picasso and Joseph K. Foster
Crown Publishers

The 1957 Crown Publishers' 1st edition with 24 signed posters attracted 31 bids. Listed by a Belgium seller, the book was accompanied by two appraisals. It sold as is for $11,330. The same seller sold #4.

#4
Suite de 180 dessins, 28 novembre, 1953 au 3 fevrier, 1954.
[Picasso et la comedie humaine]
Pablo Picasso and Michel Leiris
Verve, revue artistique et litteraire, vol. VIII, nos. 29 et 30.

From the Belgian seller of #3, another Picasso title took 4th place. After 62 bids, it sold for $10,100.

#5 tie
Bible
1600 Rhemes New Testament

Sold by the seller of #1, the Rhemes Catholic New Testament was printed in Antwerp in 1600 and is in its original binding professionally rebacked." The seller described it as "signed on the title page and once owned by John Gelibrond!" It sold as a BIN for $9,500.

#5 tie
Alcoholics Anonymous

Tied for #5, the 1st edition red book was among the 4730 published. Listed by a US seller, it is described as in "solid Good condition." It sold as a BIN for $9,500.

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