Christies is auctioning off a first edition double elephant folio of Audubon’s Birds of America on January 20th. (A double elephant folio is about 50 inches high, so it will be difficult to take to the beach.) It’s one of 120 copies known to exist.
But be aware that $10 million might not be enough to buy it, since in 2010 another copy sold for $11.5 million…
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
Well, gee. I wish you had mentioned this before I blew all my money on Super Bowl commercials.