[UA] More on auctions

[Fidel Santiago]

Sorry for the mistake but I haven´t mention the other big auction named in
the Time article (
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1694472,00.html):

The greatest buying opportunity comes on Dec. 18, when Sotheby's auctions
> off what it calls "the birth certificate of freedom": the Magna Carta
> (above), one of 17 originals that still exist and the only one in private
> hands. Signed by England's King John at Runnymede in 1215 to appease his
> rebellious barons, the charter was revised over the years until the 1297
> version became the foundation of English liberties.


It was out for 20 to 30 million US$ and finally auctioned for 21,3 million.

Google AFP:

> Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned, the iconic
> vellum manuscript was bought by David Rubenstein, a US lawyer and founder of
> the controversial Washington-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group.


A bibliomancer major charge, a cliomantic one?

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Fidel Santiago.
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