The one-cent magenta - Info and Reading Options
inside the quest to own the most valuable stamp in the world
By Barron, James
"The one-cent magenta" was published by Algonquin Books in 2017 - ncu, it has 276 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The one-cent magenta” Metadata:
- Title: The one-cent magenta
- Author: Barron, James
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 276
- Publisher: Algonquin Books
- Publish Date: 2017
- Publish Location: ncu
“The one-cent magenta” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Rare postage stamps - Stamp collectors - Stamp collecting - Biography - History - Postage stamps, collectors and collecting - New York Times reviewed
- Places: Guyana
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 276 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27230092M - OL20050069W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 953707635
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2016038074
- ISBN-13: 9781616205188
- ISBN-10: 1616205180
- All ISBNs: 1616205180 - 9781616205188
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"The one-cent magenta" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Stamp World
- 2- Travels with David
- 3- One cent (1856 : printed, sold, and forgotten)
- 4- Six shillings (1873 : found by a twelve-year-old)
- 5- £120 (1878 : Glasgow and London)
- 6- £150 (1878 : the man in the yachting cap)
- 7- $32,500 (1922 : the plutocrat with the cigar)
- 8- $40,000 (1940 : the angry widow, Macy's, and the other plutocrat)
- 9- $286,000 (1970 : the Wilkes-Barre eight)
- 10- $935,000 (1980 : "the man showed up")
- 11- $9.5 million (2014 : "I expected to see magenta, and I saw magenta").
"The one-cent magenta" Description:
The Open Library:
"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 $9.5 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"--
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