. One hundred years of book auctions, 1807-1907; being a brief record of the firm of Hodgson and Co. (commonly known as "Hodgsons") ... the workmanship, was not great, butthe historical interest proved to be very con-siderable, since it was found that it had been exe-cuted for, and belonged to, King Charles VIIIof France. With it was a small printed Book ofHours, a comparatively early French example oftypography, and the two volumes were sold to-gether, when their great interest resulted in therealization of a sum of no less than ^ is little doubt that in such cases the spiritof emula
. One hundred years of book auctions, 1807-1907; being a brief record of the firm of Hodgson and Co. (commonly known as "Hodgsons") ... the workmanship, was not great, butthe historical interest proved to be very con-siderable, since it was found that it had been exe-cuted for, and belonged to, King Charles VIIIof France. With it was a small printed Book ofHours, a comparatively early French example oftypography, and the two volumes were sold to-gether, when their great interest resulted in therealization of a sum of no less than ^ is little doubt that in such cases the spiritof emulation, and even of excitement, which theAuction Room usually creates, is an additionalfactor of no small importance. The value of autographs is often equally diffi-cult to assess, as may be gathered from the factthat a single sheet of paper on which were writtenthree short poems in the handwTiting of CharlesLamb, sold in December, 1902, for the sum of^74, while a very brief autograph letter byThackeray—merely declining an invitation todinner—containing a sketch of the writer byhimself, sold for no less than ^26. In each of 44. h------ 1_ hr X rt •_, -3 ^ _:: ._^ ?; ^ ^ o bl_ Ss&IElif •6-3 E-5 ; ■= , -S a s - = ^•= - i^S-a ^ « o ^ = B J, K^ >= -^ ? -= - aw--e &JJ ! 0:3 3 =-e !g.€ ^ ■■ - ^ >t - P^- B5g • I : fi ~ «- ^ i
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