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single page sells for 170,000 euro

Glenomra · 2022-12-07 21:09:41

A copy of the 1916 Proclamation sold today at auction in Dublin for 170,000 euro. One could amass a most impressive library of important books for a sum like that. I am aware of the significance of the document but it still sounds like an enormous sum for a single printed page. How does one value special items like the…

07-12-2022 9:09pm

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A copy of the 1916 Proclamation sold today at auction in Dublin for 170,000 euro. One could amass a most impressive library of important books for a sum like that. I am aware of the significance of the document but it still sounds like an enormous sum for a single printed page. How does one value special items like the Proclamation.

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#2 07-12-2022 9:35pm

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There was supposedly 2500 copies of the Proclamation printed on the day but only 50 or so survive. Previous copies sold in the last seven years have raised between €170,000 and €420,000 so that’s what they would have based their guide price on.

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