Marc Catesby, Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743, Est. $400/600,00. Sold for $657,000. Pictured: The Largest White-Bill Woodpecker, one of 220 hand-colored etched plates. © Sotheby's Images.

NEW YORK.- Today at Sotheby’s, Magnificent Ornithology from the Collection of Brooks McCormick, sold for the benefit of the International Crane Foundation, achieved a price of $2,722,678, above its high estimate ($2 million). Lot 13, Marc Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina , Florida and the Bahama Islands (est. $400/600,000), sold for $657,000, setting a record for any 18th century work of Natural History at auction. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21924