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Abel Buell map goes for $1.8 million. http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/31022/ For Westport resident Robert Augustyn, today was the rare map collector’s dream and the one that got away—the first known map of the United States printed in America. It also became the most expensive American map—as well as the most expensive map ever sold at auction—after it was hammered down this morning at a Christie’s auction in Manhattan for $1.8 million by a phone bid, the final price tag $2,098,500 including commissions. _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
