• Short Summary

    Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis' is bought for £15,000 by 'Million Dollar' Smith in London.

  • Description

    The original copy of Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis' is bought for £15,000 in London. Full title reads: " The £15,000 Book. 'Million Dollar' Smith with the original copy of Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis' for which he paid this record price."

    C/U of Smith looking through the pages of 'Venus and Adonis'. He chats to a colleague who is stood next to him. They are both smartly dressed in overcoats and bowler hats. C/U of Smith holding the book up to the camera.

    Note: Film contains pos titles.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    204.42
    Media URN:
    21662
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    29/01/1920
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:37:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:48:34:00 / 01:49:11:00
    Canister:
    G 637

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Million Dollar Smith" is Alexander Smith Cochran, at the time one of the world's richest men.

    The book he'd bought was one of just 4 known surviving original copies of Venus and Adonis.

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