![]() ![]() It is the third most expensive children's book ever sold on the site, following sales of hard-to-find first editions of "The Hobbit" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." Davies said sold "The Hobbit" for $65,000 during their highest sale period, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" sold for $37,000 during the "absolute zenith" of the Harry Potter craze. They also sold an Arabic manuscript of "Al Wajaza Fi Sihhat Il Qawl Bi l Ijaza" for $45,000, the high-ticket item of 2010.Īs for children's books, the sale of "Where The Wild Things Are" is certainly up there. However, it was still an astounding selling prize because it's a modern book and a modern picture book at that."ĪbeBooks previously sold a signed first edition in three volumes of "Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Oekonomie" by Karl Marx for $51,739, their most expensive sale in 2011. ![]() "Signed first editions are the crème de la crème in the book collecting world. "The copy that sold was special: It was in an excellent condition and children's books don't usually stand the test of time, a first edition and signed by the author," he said. ![]()
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