Auction Highlights | Single-owner Collection of Rare Books at Skinner
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A Mystic Collection, featured illuminated Medieval manuscripts, a strong group of rubricated incunabula in contemporary bindings, important high spots for Bible collectors, illustrated books, and unusual bindings. Even collectors of English books, 18th-century Italian views, classics, and heraldry had many exceptional offerings from which choose. Collectors, dealers, and institutions from around the world participated in the 230-lot sale, which hammered above the high estimate with a 98.3% sell-through rate.
![Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514) Registrum huius Operis Libri Cronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab Inicio Mundi, [Liber Chronicarum, Nuremberg Chronicle]. Nuremberg: Antong Koberger, 12 July 1493. Sold for $61,500.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/skn-wp-assets/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/29143900/205-long-1024x438.jpg)
If you have fine rare books, whether an extensive collection or just a few choice volumes, and you would like to work with Skinner on a sale, we would be happy to help. November’s auction is currently under construction, and we look forward to adding your consignment as we create another compelling sale.
![Detail | Nicolaus de Ausmo (d. 1453) Supplementum Summae Pisanellae, Manuscript on Parchment. Italy, mid-15th century. Sold for $39,975.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/skn-wp-assets/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/29150023/168-crop-2-300x300.jpg)
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