The Birds of America
In December 2010, "The Economist" magazine estimated that, adjusted for inflation, five of the ten highest prices ever paid for printed books were paid for copies of "The Birds of America". Of the 120 copies known to survive, only thirteen are held in private collections. In March 2000, the Fox-Bute copy sold at Christie's, New York, for $8,802,500. In December 2005, an unbound copy, the Providence Athenaeum Set, sold, again at Christie's, New York, for $5.6 million.