Bargain
In one of the more unusual legal news stories this week, the renowned auction house Sotheby’s is selling a commercial law textbook for up to £15,000.
The costly tome is part of a series by Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux, featuring “deaccessioned” law books encased in crystallised sugar.
Sotheby’s says now “deemed obsolete, the book assumes a new life as the organic crystals continue to grow and respond to conditions in the surrounding environment”.
If you’re keen to bag yourself a commercial law textbook covered in sugar, you’re going to have to be prepared to dig deep. The starting bid is £4,400 with a guide price of between £9,000 – £15,000.
Some Legal Cheek readers will likely point out that this isn’t far off the cost of a usable law textbook.
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