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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
December 2008

#1 $26,111.11 Handwritten Breviary 1470 - 36 Goldinitials! Manuscript
#2 $15,655.00 Missale - richly decorated latin manuscript (1450) !!
#3 $12,099.00 Legends aurea - rare manuscript with 224 initials -1380
#4 $10,100.00 Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, 1st Edition 1st Printing
#5 $9,999.00 JK ROWLING Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone 1/1

#1
Brevary c1470
Illuminated Manuscript

160304431058

A regular on this list, the German seller of #1 also sold #2 and #3. Described as "a true treasure of 15th century Italian illumination," it has 36 ornate initials on "burnished gold ground."

#2
Missale c1450
160304400186

37 bids took this "unique missale-manuscript!! Decorated gorgeously with numerous coloured jewel initials!!!"

#3
Manuscript with 224 initials
c1380
160304548632

The German seller of #1 and #2 saw 37 bids take the selling price of this manuscript up to $12,099.

#4
Alcoholics Anonymous
320321036028

A 1st edition, 1st printing volume without dust jacket was listed. Two days later, a reproduction dust jacket was added. After 24 bids, it auction ended at $10,100.

#5
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
J.K. Rowling
140286238171

A Canadia seller listed the 1st edition, 1st printing at $8,888. It sold as a BIN for $9,999.

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