Science books fetch astronomical prices: Copernicus book $2.2M
June 19th, 2008 Posted in Physics Talk
I wrote about the Science book auction a few days ago.
Here is how much was realized for some of the notable books.
GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare. Padova: in the house of the author by Pietro Marinelli, 1606.
Price realized : $506,500
KEPLER, Johannes. Harmonices mundi libri V. Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tampach, 1619.
Price realized : $306,000
COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri V. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543.
Price realized : $2,210,500
In all, the total take from Tuesday’s auction at Christie’s New York came to more than $11 million — compared with a pre-sale estimate of $6 million.
