Just in case you feel like buying me a book for my birthday or Christmas, only seven shopping months away… here’s a nice little number coming up for auction.
You have excellent taste, John. Perhaps you should give yourself an institutional name, the John Oughton Museum of Illumination for example, to increase the odds that the billionaire who purchases it will donate to your institution.
A flicker of hope. Adelaïde de Clermont-Tonnere, the direct descendant of the Clermont-Tonerre family is a wonderful writer. She is the winner of the 2025 Prix Renaudot for "Je voulais vivre" a book that gives life once more to Milady, the famous character from Dumas's The Three Musqueteers. At least we can get her books. :0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_de_Clermont-Tonnerre
Want to go half-sies? :)
You have excellent taste, John. Perhaps you should give yourself an institutional name, the John Oughton Museum of Illumination for example, to increase the odds that the billionaire who purchases it will donate to your institution.
The John Oughton Museum of Illumination will light up your life!
Also, I think that JOMI as an acronym for your museum has a lot of graphic logo potential.
I knew you’d think of something outstanding to describe your museum! You are bound to get that book…
A flicker of hope. Adelaïde de Clermont-Tonnere, the direct descendant of the Clermont-Tonerre family is a wonderful writer. She is the winner of the 2025 Prix Renaudot for "Je voulais vivre" a book that gives life once more to Milady, the famous character from Dumas's The Three Musqueteers. At least we can get her books. :0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_de_Clermont-Tonnerre
Fascinating. I didn’t know about her.
I may have a copy of the Classics Illustrated comic version. I wonder how much a sealed copy would fetch today|?
Probably under a million.
A shrewd guess