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First Edition Prices, Values and Auction Results

We collected a sample of 16 auction results of Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von's Faust from 2 different auction houses. The lowest overall price realized in our sample was $267 and the highest overall price realized was $3286. The overall average price was $686 and the median price realized for the book was $402. There were 2 auctions (40%) with a price realized below the low estimate, 1 auctions (20%) exceeding the high estimates, and 2 auctions (40%) within the range of the low and high estimates. Auctions of interest include: a Bonhams sale on December 04, 2006 of a 1938 - Henchoz edition for $3286 that one of 106 copies signed by the artist; a Swann sale on January 17, 2002 of a 1944 edition for $1495 that one of 400 numbered copies with 2 extra suites of plates;