Charles Darwin

1809–1882

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Record prices

  1. Charles Darwin, On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, John Murray, London, 1859, 1859, octavo, folding lithographed diagram, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1859, bound at the end, original gilt decorated green cloth, first edition, one of 1250 printedOn the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, John Murray, London, 1859Smith & Singer · A$58,560≈ $44,291≈ £34,891≈ €39,734Sign up to see

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Average price
median $44.3kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
1
of 1 offered · 2017–2017
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10k$32k$100k2017-06-21 · $44,291
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

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MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Prints & multiples11100%$44.3kSign up$44.3kSign up$44.3kSign up
Lithograph11100%$44.3kSign up$44.3kSign up$44.3kSign up

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By year

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201711$44.3kSign up

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