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Lot 9

To Be Sold With No Reserve A Quran, Central Asia, 19th century or later, Arabic manuscript on...

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Lot 9

To Be Sold With No Reserve
A Quran,
Central Asia, 19th century or later,
Arabic manuscript on...

Price Realised: £499

Estimate: £200 - £300

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 9

Description

To Be Sold With No Reserve

A Quran,

Central Asia, 19th century or later,

Arabic manuscript on paper, 487 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in black naskh, ruled back, surahs title written in red, verses marked by red dots and verse markers in the margins in various colour, the end of surah al-Kahf (XVIII) with a polychrome decoration, an unfinished polychrome bifolio with only the right-hand side remaining, marking the middle of the volume, the beginning missing, the text starting at surah al-Baqarah (II), v.10, in a yellow textile binding , folio 35 x 22cm.

Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970s

 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
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(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

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