On the origin of species 1st edition6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() He continued: “Auction prices have surged during the pandemic as people seek alternative means that not only represent a tangible and secure store of wealth but are a connection to some of the greatest creative minds of the past and present.” ![]() It had been estimated to fetch £5,000-£7,000.Ĭommenting on the sale, Nigel Kirk, Director of Mellors & Kirk auction house in Nottingham, said: “The very ordinariness of the modest green book-cloth of the publisher’s binding, and the short initial print run (1250 copies), seems with hindsight to be so at odds with Darwin’s genius, factors which help explain why the book has long been such a fabled rarity. The 1859 ground-breaking work by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) the celebrated English biologist, geologist and naturalist, famed for his contributions to the science of evolution, sold to an American bidder at Mellors & Kirk auction house in Nottingham, in their recent Fine Art Sale, including Books and Manuscripts last Wednesday. ![]() A First Edition of Charles Darwin’s famed On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection has sold at auction for £38,400. ![]()
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