Hampel

A set of more than 1,000 18th-century books

June 2009 Auction Reviews

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MUNICH—Top lot: Six international phone bidders competed for a set of more than 1,000 18th-century tomes whose topics range from the legal to the sacral. A private collector based in Monaco claimed the gilded library for €320,000 ($431,000).

"In Brief: Hampel" originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's June 2009 Table of Contents.