Sender: Rare book and manuscripts <EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
So far as I know, HPK handled only one B42 in his lifetime.
There is a lovely story of his negotiations with the Bibliotheque Nationale
to for him to acquire the duplicate 1457 [or 1459] Psalter by exchange for a
spectacular French illuminated manuscript. With this, HPK was able to
produce his Gutenberg catalogue, with a B42 and the two Psalters and other
Gutenbergiana.
Gabriel Austin
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] NY Auction Bidding Legislation
Wasn't this one of three B42s Kraus had some
participation in buying and selling? By the way, what
do you think was the value of the free publicity Kraus
received from the Houghton B42 all the years he had it
in stock?
C.J. Scheiner
--- Gabriel Austin <gabrielaustin@EARTHLINK.NET>
wrote:
> Hans Kraus bought the Houghton Gutenberg for $1.5
> million in the mid-1960s.
> He finally sold it 10 or 15 years later for $2
> million.
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