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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 09:27 AM
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* Rare Book and History Geek Alert: CSPAN2 11am *
Frank Streeter - Library Sale

Saturday, June 23, at 11:00 AM

A WWII navy veteran of the Pacific theater, Frank Streeter developed an interest in and collected early navigation, pacific voyages, cartography, and science rare books. The 88 year-old Mr. Streeter decided to sell his library at Christies in New York, but died prior to the auction. In this program we take a close look at several of the rarest and most valuable books and learn about Mr. Streeter and how a rare book auction is conducted. The 552 items from the library sold for a total of 16.5 million dollars. Featured in the program is "The Atlantic Neptune", a large four volume sea atlas of the British colonies commissioned in 1760 and 16 years in production; it was the first detailed chart of the coastal areas of North America.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 10:03 AM
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1. I'm the only one?


Kick!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 11:09 AM
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2. I'm not exactly in the market for books costing an average of $30k each.
Sorry.

Besides, I'm at work, and don't have cable at home anyway, lol. So I'm excused.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 11:15 AM
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3. way out of my market too...
but I can still dream... :)
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