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Bobby Fischer's Library Sold At Auction
Going, Going, Gone... To Rex Sinquefield!


It was all over in seconds.  Bobby Fischer’s library filled three glass cases in on the Mezzanine level of Bonhams and Butterfields auction house on Madison Avenue in New York.

The hundreds of chess books in various languages, issues of chess-related periodicals, proofs for Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games, and assorted notes and other miscellanea were sold in one lot for a “hammer price” of USD $50,000, plus an $11,000 Bonhams commission...

The collection was bought by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis founder and 2009 US Championship sponsor, Rex Sinquefield, and announced today in a press release (entitled "Sinquefields Purchase Bobby Fischer's Chess Collection") from the group.

ICC Chess.FM has exclusive video coverage of the auction now at www.Chess.fm/blog, shared here with you below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 



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