CHRISTIE'S JOHN JAMES AUDUBON'S THE BIRDS OF AMERICA THE PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUM COPY SOLD TO BENIFIT THE ENDOWMENT FUND DECEMBER 15TH 2005 THI S ((( HARDBACK ))) CATALOG CONTAINS 130 PAGES AND 435 PLATES SELLING FOR 5,616,000 PICTURES OF EVERY PLATE ARE IN THIS CATALOG IN HIGH GLOSSY COLOR PHOTOS the John James Audubon works attracted intense bidding, culminating in the solid price achieved for The Providence Athenaeum Copy of The Birds of America Sold to Benefit the Endowment Fund. LOT PRICE ESTIMATE BUYER 1 $5,616,000 £3,172,881/ 4,680,000 $5,000,000 7,000,000 American Private Audubon, John James. Birds of America, from Original Drawings. London: Published by the Author, 1827-1838. The Providence Athenaeum subscriber copy of the original edition of Audubon s masterpiece, the finest color-plate book ever produced. 598 $284,800 £160,904/ 237,333 $250,000 350,000 US Trade Audubon, John James. The Birds of America, from Original Drawings by John James Audubon Reissued by John Woodhouse Audubon. New York: Roe Lockwood & Son, 1860. 589 $156,000 £88,136/ 130,000 $80,000 120,000 Mr. W. Graham Arader III Gould, John and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London: [1849]-1861. 289 $156,000 £88,136/ 130,000 $60,000 80,000 19th Century Shop Russell, Andrew J. The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent... New York: 1869. First edition. 597 $132,000 £74,576/ 110,000 $70,000 100,000 US Trade Audubon, John James. The Birds of America New York: [1839-] 1840 1844. The first Octavo edition. WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR AN OCTAVO EDITION OF JJ AUDUBON S BIRDS 479 $96,000 £54,237/ 80,000 $80,000 120,000 sale 1561 b-1 s-6

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