AbeBooks.com—a great resource, by the way, particularly for hard-to-find titles—just revealed its top 10 most expensive sales for January 2011.
At the top of the list is a 24-volume signed Joseph Conrad set, published in 1920 and limited to 735 copies. It sold for $13,823. An 1852 edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin went for $12,302. So far, so good. But then things start to get surreal: number 3 on the list (at $11,971) is the complete seven-volume Harry Potter series.
Yeah, it’s signed by the author. And it’s “deluxe,” whatever that means. But c’mon. $12K for Harry Freakin’ Potter?!? Seriously?
As if to add insult to injury, Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains—likewise signed—fetched only $8,125.
The complete list is here.
by Spimbi