Lawrence Person's Futuramen

Here’s an article on the top book price realized at auction in 2010, topped by a first edition of the legendary Audobon Birds of America, which pulled in an astounding $11,321,215, or four times the price realized for the Shakespeare First Folio that came in at fifth place at a measly $2,315,273.

Not a lot of books of particular genre interest, but there is an inscribed first of A Christmas Carol, and I’m sure that Howard Waldrop will find this copy of The Book of John Mandaville, the most complete version in Middle English known, and which sold for $447,282, of interest.

And here’s the entire list in spreadsheet format for the hardcore.

Edited to Add: Top link should work now, though you’ll have to click on the article link there.

Edited to Add 2: Link now even more cromulent, thanks to the sleuthing of SF Signal’s John DeNardo.

Tags: book auction, Book Collecting, Books, Howard Waldrop, Shakespeare

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