First part of Hayhurst library sale is a huge 1139 lots
Given that the sale ran to a huge 1139 lots, the April 2-4 dispersal in Harrogate of the first part of the library of Robert James Hayhurst may be considered to have done well in achieving a selling rate of 85% at that gathering of Elzevir and other early printed works.
Two of the many works at Morphets (17.5% buyer’s premium) that boasted handsome or otherwise unusu…