I called into Christies London office this morning to pick up a
copy
of the Origins of Cyberspace catalog (half-price - UK£10 - now
the sale
is over!) and their press office gave me the following post
sale
summary. A more detailed Auction Result can be requested
with the catalog
which is available from any of their international offices:
For
Immediate Release
February
23, 2005
Contact: Bendetta Roux
212.636.2680
CHRISTIE'S
POST-SALE REPORT
(Prices Include Buyer's Premium)
THE ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE
Christie's Rockefeller Center
February 23, 2005
Sale Total: $714,060
£373,853/¤549,276
Lots Offered: 254
Lots
Sold: 133
£:
$1.91 / ¤: $1.30
Sold by Lot: 52%
Sold
by $: 70 %
Sale: 1484
TOP LOTS
Lot Price
Estimate
Buyer
33 $78,000
£40,837/¤101,400
$30,000-40,000
US
Private
Menabrea, Luigi Federico. Sketch of the Analytical Engine
Šwith notes
by the translator [Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace],
London, 1843
238
$72,000 £37,696/¤55,384
$50,000-70,000
US
Private
[Eckert, J. Presper and John Mauchly.] "Outline of plans
for development
of electronic computers," 1946 - the founding document of the
electronic
computer industry
16 $38,400
£20,104/¤29,538 $10,000-15,000
Anonymous
Babbage,
Charles. A letter to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart Š, London,
1822