Who would have thought that an armorial bookplate (with incidental book attached that belonged to some chap called Washington) could sell for $9,826,500, at Christies.
http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=5688
Quote:
winning bid was placed in the saleroom by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
Glad it fell into the right hands… no telling what evil might come if this had fallen into possession of a Sith lord. /jedi
Jeffrey Boyd Garrison;94237 wrote:
Glad it fell into the right hands… no telling what evil might come if this had fallen into possession of a Sith lord. /jedi
Happens more often than one would think.