Sunday, February 12, 2006
'Lost' manuscript valued at £1m
A BBC article dated 9 Feb 2006 begins,
A "lost" science manuscript from the 1600s found in a cupboard in a house during a routine valuation is expected to fetch more than £1m at auction.
The hand-written document - penned by Dr Robert Hooke - contains the minutes of the Royal Society from 1661 to 1682, experts said.
It was found in a house in Hampshire, where it is thought to have lain hidden in a cupboard for about 50 years.
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Bonham's is auctioning off the document on 28 March in London.
The Royal Society is hoping for a "white knight" to come along, buy the piece and share it.
Bill & Melinda, where are you? Wouldn't this make a nice companion piece to da Vinci's Codex Leicester?
posted by Sal Towse at 12:32 PM|
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A "lost" science manuscript from the 1600s found in a cupboard in a house during a routine valuation is expected to fetch more than £1m at auction.
The hand-written document - penned by Dr Robert Hooke - contains the minutes of the Royal Society from 1661 to 1682, experts said.
It was found in a house in Hampshire, where it is thought to have lain hidden in a cupboard for about 50 years.
[...]
Bonham's is auctioning off the document on 28 March in London.
The Royal Society is hoping for a "white knight" to come along, buy the piece and share it.
Bill & Melinda, where are you? Wouldn't this make a nice companion piece to da Vinci's Codex Leicester?
posted by Sal Towse at 12:32 PM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
