A classic gold Bible was sold for almost two million forints, Albert Szenczi Molnár's psalm book with testament and psalms was sold for one and a half million forints, and Sándor Petőfi's single novel was paid for 700 thousand forints at the Antikvárium.hu auction that closed on Sunday evening.
The two-volume classical golden Bible, first published in 1897, is also a rarity in the exhibition. This is the first Hungarian Bible edition that was illustrated with color pictures. The pair of volumes includes reproductions of pictures of biblical events by famous painters, including Titian, Rubens, Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Rembrandt. At the Antikvárium.hu online auction, the golden Bible changed hands for HUF 1.960 million.
Albert Szenczi Molnár's book Az mi urunc Jesus Christusnak uy testamentoma was sold at the auction for one and a half million forints. The volume published in 1607 contains the New Testament and the psalm book St. Davidnac soltari....
Sándor Petőfi: The hangman's rope (Source: Antikvárium.hu)
The Hangman's Rope is Sándor Petőfi's only novel, which he wrote in 1846 in his parents' inn in Salkaszentmárton.
In the novel, a seventy-year-old elder, Máté Andorlaki, tells the story of his life, in which love, hatred, revenge and bloody twists can all be found. The volume changed hands for HUF 700,000.
Antonio Bonfini's Historia Pannonica sold for HUF 191,000 at the auction. Commissioned by King Mátyás Bonfini, in 1488 he began writing the historical work originally titled Rerum Hungaricum decades [Decades of Hungarian History], the main thread of which was the Thuróczy Chronicle.
The Italian humanist worked on the work for almost a decade, until 1497, which determined the perception of the Hungarian past for centuries. The Cologne edition that has now surfaced was published in 1690.
The autographed first edition of István Fekete's 1965 book Vuk, as well as the 1944 edition of Csí and István Csukás's book Oriza-Triznyák – From the Adventures of Mirr-Murr also performed well at the auction. The latter changed hands for HUF 42,000.
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Cover image: Classic Golden Bible I–II. (Source: Antikvárium.hu)
