![]() ![]() An assistant holds a copy of the manuscript as the auctioneer (L) gestures during the auction sale. ![]() They are mainly letters to friends in the Parisian press asking them to publish glowing reviews - penned by Proust himself, who even offered money for the articles, while imploring the editors to keep mum. Three copies of the edition are privately owned, while another disappeared during World War II.īound into the back of the copy auctioned by Sotheby’s were eight documents handwritten by Proust, showing his little known mercenary side. The rare edition of Swann's way by Marcel Proust was sold at Sotheby's for €535.500 (approx Rs 4 crore). It was printed on washi, the prized handmade Japanese paper, and published in 1913. The book, which had been valued at between 400,000 and 600,000 euros (approx Rs 3 to 4.5 crore), is one of only five numbered copies, the first tome of Proust’s voluminous Remembrance of Things Past. The book is one of only five numbered copies, the first tome of Proust’s voluminous Remembrance of Things Past.(Thomas Samson/ AFP) A woman holds an annotated copy of Du cote de chez Swann (Swann's way) before its auction sale at Sotheby's action house in Paris, on October 30, 2017. A rare edition of Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust along with letters revealing the unabashed self-promotion of the French literary master fetched over Rs 4 crore (approx) at auction on Monday, Sotheby’s said. ![]()
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