Auction Info
A European collector paid a world-record of nearly $750 000 at a Paris auction on Tuesday for 26 letters from French philosopher Voltaire to Russian empress Catherine the Great, auctioneers Sotheby’s said.

An original edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses fetched more than $145000 and nearly $90 000 was paid for 10 letters from the Marquis de Sade to his wife at the auction of books and manuscripts that netted a total $2,3-million.

Posted: 06|1|06 at 9:27 am. Filed under: Collectables.