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| #1 | $19,100.00 | FIRST EDITION VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE 1839 DARWIN, FITZROY |
| #2 | $12,500.00 | MUNSTER "COSMOGRAPHY" 1598 Europe,Africa,Asia,America |
| #3 | $11,100.00 | IS THIS THE LOST BOOK OF NOSTRADAMUS? Italy 1585 Book |
| #4 | $8,243.45 | THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ - 1st Edition 1st State L@@K |
| #5 | $7,600.00 | 1473 Leonardo de Utino Sermones INCUNABULA 1st edition |
Sold as a Best Offer, the 1st edition sold for $19,100. The set consisted of 3 volumes in 4 and was listed by an Argentinean seller.
Listed by an Isreali seller, the 1598 work is described as containing "28 double-page woodcut maps, 64 double-page town views as well as more than 1200 woodcuts within the text." It sold as a Best Offer.
"Is this the lost book of Nostradamus?" the US sallers ask in their item title. They explain that they bought the book on eBay and, below the photographs, explain why they believe the book for sale is connected with Nostradamus. 60 bids took the sale price to $11,100.
Several days before the auction ended, the US seller updated the content. "If this book does not receive a bid at the current $6900 starting price by very early morning on Tuesday [2 days prior to the end of the auction, the seller would make it a $10,000 BIN with a Best Offer option. Likely someone did make a bit by the stated time because the auction ended at $8,243.45 with 3 bids.
Printed in Venice in 1473, the book is described by the US seller as "every page is a typographic masterpiece." 26 bidders brought the final price to $7,600.
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