Seventeenth century diversions on a dextrous and mysterious art
US: THE FIRST sale of 2001 at the San Francisco rooms of Pacific Book Auction Galleries – who recently announced that they had acquired significant additional private funding with the aim of extending their marketing and professional services – took place on January 18 and offered one man’s angling library.
Few of the 320 lots were left unsold at the end of a day which saw $8500 (£5860) paid for a 1653 sec…