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The £15,000 Book 1920
Description
The original copy of Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis' is bought for £15,000 in London. Full title reads: " The £15,000 Book. 'Million Dollar' Smith with the original copy of Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis' for which he paid this record price."
C/U of Smith looking through the pages of 'Venus...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 21662
- Sort Number:
- G 0637
- Time in/Out:
- 01:48:34:00 / 01:49:11:00
- Canister:
- G 637
- Film ID:
- 204.42
- Issue Date:
- 29/01/1920
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"Million Dollar Smith" is Alexander Smith Cochran, at the time one of the world's richest men.
The book he'd bought was one of just 4 known surviving original copies of Venus and Adonis.