Rare Shakespeare folios set for first auction since 1989

Without the book, scholars say, plays including “Macbeth,” “The Tempest” and “Twelfth Night” might have been lost.

LONDON, UK — A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month.

Sotheby’s auction house announced the sale on Wednesday, Shakespeare’s 461st birthday. It said the May 23 sale will be the first time since 1989 that a set of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios has been offered at auction as a single lot.

The auction house estimated the sale price at between 3.5 million and 4.5

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