At US$10m, Shakespeare book fetches record price
Print Edition
A RARE 1623 book that brought together William Shakespeare鈥檚 plays for the first time sold for a record US$9.97 million at auction on Wednesday, Christie鈥檚 in New York said.
The First Folio containing 36 of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, one of only six known complete copies in private hands, was bought by American private collector Stephan Loewentheil, founder of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop on the US east coast.
Wednesday鈥檚 auction price also marked a new world auction record for any printed work of literature, and smashed the previous high of US$6.16 million for a Shakespeare First Folio that was set in 2001, auction company Christie鈥檚 said.
鈥淐omedies, Histories and Tragedies鈥 was compiled by friends of the English playwright seven years after his death. It includes 18 plays that had never been published before and might have been lost, including 鈥淢acbeth鈥 and 鈥淛ulius Caesar.鈥
鈥淚t is an honor to purchase one of only a handful of complete copies of this epochal volume. It will ultimately serve as a centerpiece of a great collection of intellectual achievements of man,鈥 Loewentheil said in a statement.
The First Folio marked the first time that Shakespeare鈥檚 plays had been organized as comedies, tragedies and histories.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
