Christie’s New York sell the library of Abel E. Berland

Several auction records were broken when Christie’s New York sold the library of Abel E. Berland in an October 8-9 sale that saw 90 per cent of lots sold for a premium-inclusive total of $14.4m (£9.8m).

Newton, Descartes and Izaak Walton were among those who reached new price levels, but there is no do…

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