Bidders get their teeth into a single-owner collection
The familiar red-lettered, yellow-cloth covers of an 1897 first of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, though now somewhat soiled, prompted a far higher than predicted bid of $21,000 (£15,150) to lead a Chicago auction of March 19 – a sum bettered only by a handful of inscribed copies.
Held by Hindman (25/20/12% buyer’s premium), it comprised a 266-lot collection of 19th and 20th ce…