John James Audubon, The Birds of America: The Fox-Bute Set.
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- New York: Christie's, 2000
New York: Christie's, 2000. Very Good. 28 cm; 92 pages, ads; many full-page color illustrations, one folding. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket sun-bleached along spine, else fine.
Sale catalogue of the auction at Christie's, New York, on 10 March 2000. The sale consisted of a single lot: Audubon's Birds of America. One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by George Lane Fox (17931848) and subsequently by John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute. It sold for $8,802,500, a record at the time.
Sale catalogue of the auction at Christie's, New York, on 10 March 2000. The sale consisted of a single lot: Audubon's Birds of America. One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by George Lane Fox (17931848) and subsequently by John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute. It sold for $8,802,500, a record at the time.
Details
Title
John James Audubon, The Birds of America: The Fox-Bute Set.
Author
Christie's, New York.
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Christie's: New York
Date
2000