LONDON -- To some it's just a bunch of bird pictures. To others, John James Audubon's "Birds of America" is a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, unique enough to sell for more than ...

LONDON — A rare edition of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” sold for more than $10 million at a London auction Tuesday — making it the world’s most expensive book. Some of the world’s ...

nepalnepal — To some it’s just a bunch of bird pictures. To others, John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” is a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, unique enough to sell for more ...

For someone who failed again and again as a businessman, John James Audubon has spawned quite an industry. Reproductions of his bird drawings adorn neckties and scarves, keychains and clocks, greeting ...

It’s a high-flying success story: A self-taught artist and immigrant defies the odds to create what is now one of the most prized illustrated books in the world, worth an estimated $8 million to $12 ...

For better and worse, the name Audubon has become almost synonymous with birds. The reason, of course, is John James Audubon, whose “Birds of America” project, published from 1827 to 1838, catalogued ...

A full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" sold for $7.9 million at auction on Friday in New York to a private American collector, Christie's said. / Source: ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After nearly three years of infighting and courtroom skirmishes, a library on Thursday will auction off its most valuable holding — John James Audubon's celebrated "The Birds of ...

In the 1950s, the Buffalo Museum of Science had two Audubon books. They were large – at least 2 feet by more than a foot. One was on display – open to a beautiful, colored bird – in a glass case on ...

In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...

A flamingo is shown in an illustration from Audubon's The Birds of America, 1827-1838, which goes on auction Tuesday at Sotheby's in London. ((Sotheby's/Associated ...