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Atlas unbound: The first atlas ever printed sold for a record $3.9 million at auction in London Tuesday. The sale at Sotheby’s of the 1477 edition of Claudius Ptolemy’s landmark atlas, one of only two copies still in private hands, established a new record for an atlas sold at auction, topping the previous $2.7-million price. The buyer was not identified.
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