jj audubon birds of america (1 Viewer)

[captaincarot]

ok so who bought a new field guide yesterday

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/07/world-most-expensive-book-sold

 

[njlarsen]

Whoever did hopefully will keep it intact

Niels

 

[MarkHows]

More info including the buyer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11946022

Mark

 

[Richard Klim]

Looks a bit of a handful for use in the field, but plenty of space for scribbling notes. Think I'll stick with Sibley.

Richard

 

[Apodemus]

My wife was keeping my Christmas present a surprise - it seems the surprise is spoiled now.

 

[MarkHows]

This one is a bit smaller and a bit more realistic on price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audubons-Bi...ef=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1291822606&sr=8-2-spell

Mark

 

[ceasar]

I still have my Father's Hardback copy. Copyrighted and published by MACMILLAN in NYC in 1937 and reprinted in 1942. 9 1/2" x 12" and weighs about 4 pounds. It has 435 prints of the same size and a 13 page "Transcrpt of the Legends of the Original Plates with a note concerning them."

It has a 5 page introduction and biographical sketch including 2 pages of remarkably prescient thoughts on conservation by William Vogt.

You would have to carry it in a knapsack to bird with it!

Bob

 

[Swissboy]

I like bird art, but Audubon has never really excited me. Too unnatural, the way he painted them. Maybe has got to do that they were all hung on wires so he had no way anymore to tell what posture would have been natural.

But more likely, he did not care. Well, to each his own. Same for how much one wants to spend on a book like this or any other rare item.

 

[birdboybowley]

I like bird art, but Audubon has never really excited me. Too unnatural, the way he painted them. Maybe has got to do that they were all hung on wires so he had no way anymore to tell what posture would have been natural.

It's because he painted them life size....so he had to make the taller birds fit onto the page somehow! Never done anything for me either I'm afraid...but it's a good investment I guess (it'll make more money than leaving the £6m in a bank! )

 

[Melanie]

This auction was absolutely awesome. I've never thought that an animal book will become the most expensive book in the world.