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Show BOlIflf BIG PRICES AT HOISELESS SALE Bidders Grouped About Table Offer Fortunes for Rare Volumes 'Collected in Corners of. World LONDON. Brpt. St. -Elht thou-aand." thou-aand." aaya a man In railed arat apaaklng In a volca ao aubduad that yon hara to atraln to ratch what ha la aaylng. Brlow a doian man alt -round a ren batea tabla. All aiu.-l ara ahalvaa jammad with ahabby look- "Eight thouaand flv hundrad announce tha man In tha ralaed aant, (And ha maang pounda atarl-Ing. atarl-Ing. not dollara.) " Ha looka around, and than aaka quietly: "Nina thouaand? "Nina thouaand." .ha announcaa nonchalantly, obaarring; a alga from below. "Nina thouaand flva hundred?" ha Querlaa. A man alttlng near hlm, draaaad In Amarloan rut clothe, noda hla head vary allghtly. "Nino thouaand (Ir hundrad. Soldi" A little tap of th hammer, and that'a that. It'a ona of tha greatrat tranaae-tlona tranaae-tlona In tha hlatory of tha moat ra-moua ra-moua auction houae In tha world Sothaby'a of Bond atreet; Not a bit Ilka tha auction you ar uard to; no nolay plea to ralaa your hid. no agonised reminder that thla la your laat thane to bid, no huetl and franty, no droning of tha auctioneer, no pounding of hla hammer. Everything: here la quiet, auhdued, almoat aecretlva Theaa ahabby looking bonka ara worth a klnfa ranaom. They belong be-long to the very arletortacy of booka, mainly flrat edition, dating back to tha beginning of modem printed volumee. Ona day nineteen booka .belonging .belong-ing to tha library of tha late Karl of Oaryafort brought over 1176,000. And If took Juet twwnty-flv minute., min-ute., Th hlghent price waa pnd for th Maznrln Bible I4T. 600. The bidder waa tha American. Philip H. Rnaenbarh. of Philadelphia. Roaenbach runa th greatest rare book buaineea In tha world. Three or four tlmea a year ha cornea over here, anenda a few daya at Hotheny'e and leave a small fortuna behind. An old tin trunk carries to America Amer-ica booka worth their weight In I gold. They ara resold to million ' air book collectors who think no 1 ntor of paying 10,000 for a book j than Roaenbach thinks of nodding I assent to a bid of 160.000. |