(Download) The One-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World
• James Barron •
| #3876702 in Books | 2017-03-07 | 2017-03-07 | Formats: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged | Original language:English | 5.30 x1.10 x6.40l, | Running time: 6 Hours | Binding: Audio CD
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Beyond philately, an absorbing book illuminating all our obsessions with collecting|By LEB|His latest, "The Once-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World" ---like James Barron's previous book "Piano: the Making of a Steinway Grand"--- reads like a non-fiction drama. While reviewing world events and technology impacts over the past two centuri||
“(An) absorbing tale of the rarefied world of high-stakes philately.” — Library Journal
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When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby's for nearly $10 million, the largest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the One-Cent Magenta in the years in between, James Barron delivers a fascinating tale of global history and immense wealth, and of the human desire to collect. One-cent magentas were provisional stam...
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