The ‘Falco Candicans’ or Greenland Gyrfalcon plate from the set of Gould’s Birds of Great Britain sold by Graham Arader for a record $150,000 (£107,145).
Sold for $300,000 (£214,185) apiece in a recent New York sale were three very wellknown works from the worlds of cartography and natural history.
A surprise result in the latter category in a March 31 sale held by Graham Arader (22% buyer’s premium) was an 1862-73 set of Gould’s Birds of Great Britain, which improved markedly on the high estimate to sell at a record $150,000 (£107,145).