"Valuable Books"

#12506365

26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Cecco di Ronchitti da Bruzene. Dialogo in perpuosito de la stella nuova'' (Padua, 1605), an exceptionally rare first edition of Galileo's first published work, co-authored with Girolamo Spinelli and written in vernacular dialect to challenge Aristotelian cosmology through a witty dialogue sparked by the 1604 supernova; no other copy recorded on the market in over a century, estimate: GBP500,000 - 700,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506366

26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler looks at a love letter from John Lennon to his girlfriend Cynthia, written in Hamburg in April 1962 after Stuart Sutcliffe's death, capturing Lennon's raw grief, tenderness, and longing at a pivotal moment in Beatles history, estimate: GBP30,000 - 40,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506355

26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds Gladstone Missal, beautiful Renaissance illuminated manuscript once owned by British Prime Minister William Gladstone (who served from 1868 to 1894 - the longest tenure of any British Prime Minister), estimate: GBP200,000 - 300,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506354

26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Tale of Petter Rabbit'' by Beatrix Potter, privately printed first edition of Potter's debut, one of only 250 copies - origin story of the beloved classic, estimate: GBP40,000 - 60,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#11821617

30 November 2024

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 29, 2024: A staff member looks at exceptionally rare first edition, author's offprint issues, of Einstein's Nobel Prize-winning papers, from the library of pioneering theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (estimate GBP70,000-100,000) during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of the Classic Week Sales in London, United Kingdom on November 29, 2024.

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#10833237

6 December 2023

A customer is looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores contain many valuable books, including old editions of National Geographic, Time, Life, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833238

6 December 2023

An old issue of Time Magazine is being seen at a second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are housing hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers ranging from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying away various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores possess many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833239

6 December 2023

A customer is looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores contain many valuable books, including old editions of National Geographic, Time, Life, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833240

6 December 2023

A variety of second-hand books are being displayed at a second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are housing hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers ranging from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores are featuring many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833241

6 December 2023

Second-hand bookshop owners are waiting for customers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. A large number of book lovers are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores hold many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833242

6 December 2023

Customers are looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores house hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers from the 1990s to the present day. A large number of book lovers are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores have many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833243

6 December 2023

A customer is looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores contain many valuable books, including old editions of National Geographic, Time, Life, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833244

6 December 2023

People are browsing through the National Geographic Magazine archives at a second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are picking up various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores hold many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833245

6 December 2023

A customer is looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores contain many valuable books, including old editions of National Geographic, Time, Life, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833246

6 December 2023

A customer is looking at books at the second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are carrying various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores contain many valuable books, including old editions of National Geographic, Time, Life, and Newsweek magazines.

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#10833247

6 December 2023

People are browsing through the National Geographic Magazine archives at a second-hand bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 6, 2023. Situated in the Maradana area of Colombo, these second-hand bookstores are home to hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers dating from the 1990s to the present day. Numerous book enthusiasts are visiting this place and are picking up various types of archives. These second-hand bookstores hold many valuable books, including old National Geographic magazines, Time magazines, Life magazines, and Newsweek magazines.

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