Athenaeum’s Audubon Book Fetches $5.6 Million At Auction
Controversy Surrounded Sale Of ‘Birds Of America’ Masterwork
NBC 10 NEWS
POSTED: 8:11 am EST December 16, 2005
“NEW YORK — A copy of John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America” sold Thursday for $5.6 million at a Christie’s auction, ending three years of legal battles over a decision by a financially strapped Providence library to dispose of its most valuable holding.”
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