Gullible’s undervalued travels

As well as those lots that are fully described and illustrated, book sale catalogues issued by Heritage (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) also contain, in the printed version, numerous pages of more modestly valued books that get just thumbnail images – a dozen or more per page – and the briefest of descriptions. There they run to just author, title, date and the occasional short note, but no estimate or guide price – though more detail is available online.