'Frankenstein' first edition sells for a record $1.17 million at auction
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(UPI) A first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set a new world record for a printed work by a woman when it was auctioned for $1.17 million.
The three-volume copy of Frankenstein, which still bears its original boards from its 1818 printing, had been projected to sell for $200,000 to $300,000 by auction house Christie's, but the sale closed with a top bid many times that estimate.
The sum was reported by Fine Books Magazine to be a new world record for the highest price fetched by a printed work by a woman.
Christie's said the edition was one of only 500 printed in Frankenstein's first run, and the copy sold was the first to be offered for auction since 1985.
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