Page from Karl Marx's manuscript sold for 523,000 USD

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A single page from one of Karl Marx's manuscripts has been sold for 523,000 US dollars at an auction in Beijing, reports Chinanews.com.

One page from a Karl Marx manuscript is sold at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. The final price was 3.34 million yuan (523,000 USD). [Photo: Chinanews.com]

One page from a Karl Marx manuscript is sold at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. The final price was 3.34 million yuan (523,000 USD). [Photo: Chinanews.com]

The page, provided for auction by Chinese entrepreneur Feng Lun, was sold on Monday for about 3.34 million yuan (523,000 USD).

It began with a starting price of 300,000 yuan.

A manuscript by Karl Marx sold for 523,000 US dollars at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

A manuscript by Karl Marx sold for 523,000 US dollars at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

It includes extracts and analyses Marx made on British banker James William Gilbart's book "Practical Treatise on Banking," which he referenced when writing his piece "Capital: Critique of Political Economy."

The manuscript is one of the 1,250 pages of notes Marx made in London from September 1850 to August 1853, based on which he wrote the first draft of "Capital". The notes are considered valuable materials to study the development of Marx's thoughts on economics.

The sale comes on the 200th anniversary this year of Marx's birth.

A manuscript of Friedrich Engels is sold at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. The final price was 1.67 million yuan. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

A manuscript of Friedrich Engels is sold at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. The final price was 1.67 million yuan. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

Meanwhile, a manuscript written by Friedrich Engels has been sold at the same auction 1.67 million yuan. It is an article Engels wrote for newspaper Allgemeine Militärzeitung in November 1862.

A manuscript by Friedrich Engels sold for 1.67 million yuan at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

A manuscript by Friedrich Engels sold for 1.67 million yuan at an auction in Beijing, Monday, May 21, 2018. [Photo: Chinanews.com]


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