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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rare-book-sells-for-record-7m.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="An image of an American Flamingo, taken from John James Audubon's book Birds Of America" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-rare-book-sells-for-record-7m.jpg" alt="An image of an American Flamingo, taken from John James Audubon's book Birds Of America"/></a></p>
<p>A rare copy of the &#8220;most expensive book in the world&#8221; surpassed pre-sale estimates to fetch more than £7 million at auction.</p>
<p>Sotheby&#8217;s said the price of £7,321,250, including buyer&#8217;s premium, paid for John James Audubon&#8217;s Birds Of America was a record for any printed book at auction.</p>
<p>The illustrated book by the renowned ornithologist, naturalist and painter (1785-1851), a landmark of natural history, was expected to fetch between £4 million and £6 million.</p>
<p>It was bought by Michael Tollemache, a London dealer, a spokesman for Sotheby&#8217;s said.</p>
<p>Mr Tollemache was bidding in the room at the London sale and described the work afterwards as &#8220;priceless&#8221;.</p>
<p>Sotheby&#8217;s said the hammer price for the book was £6.5 million.</p>
<p>Also sold in the auction was a first collected edition of Shakespeare&#8217;s plays, the First Folio, which dates from 1623 and fetched £1,497,250 including buyer&#8217;s premium.</p>
<p>It was bought by US dealer Stephan Loewentheil, he added.</p>
<p>Both books formed part of the sale, Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, the Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh&#8217;s Will Trust.</p>
<p>Auction house book specialist David Goldthorpe said before the sale: &#8220;Unlike other libraries which specifically focus on, for instance, literature, history or science, the 50 lots coming from this magnificent collection are an example of what is known as &#8216;high spot collecting&#8217; &#8211; when a collector seeks out the very best across a range of fields.&#8221;</p>
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