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BLAKE SALE
On 14 June 1979 John F. Fleming Inc. paid $140,000. —a record price for any work of English literature, according to the auctioneers—for Arthur Houghton, Jr. ’s copy of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. “Just fantastic,” said Christie’s spokesman of the unexpectedly high prices being paid for items in the Houghton collection.