RE: Archimedes text sold for $2 m after court battle

["Dey Gosse" <antiquarianbooks@msn.com>]

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		Dey Gosse
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>                  Archimedes text sold for $2 m
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>                  AN ancient text by the Greek mathematical genius
>                  Archimedes sold for $2 million (£1.2 million) last
>                  night at Christie's, which won a last-minute court
>                  challenge over ownership to proceed with the auction
>                  in New York.
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>                  The rare 10th-century Byzantine Greek palimpsest is
>                  believed to be the oldest and most authentic copy of
>                  Archimedes' major works to survive. It contains
>                  transcriptions of his writing on geometry and
>                  physics.
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>                  The bidding started at $480,000 on the work, which
>                  had a pre-sale estimate of between $800,000 and $1.2
>                  million, and rose rapidly to $2 million and a final
>                  sale price of $2,202,500 after Christie's added its
>                  commission.
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>                  The sale went ahead after a court battle in which the
>                  Greek Orthodox Church , had claimed ownership of the
>                  manuscript.
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> (Daily Telegraph London)
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